CVE-2016-8568
- Source
- https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-8568
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-8568.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2016-8568
- Downstream
- Related
- Published
- 2017-02-03T15:59:00.523Z
- Modified
- 2026-07-08T05:48:21.082411928Z
- Severity
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- 5.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
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The gitcommitmessage function in oid.c in libgit2 before 0.24.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via a cat-file command with a crafted object file.
- Database specific
{ "unresolved_ranges": [ { "cpes": [ "cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:23:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:24:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:25:*:*:*:*:*:*:*" ], "extracted_events": [ { "introduced": "23" }, { "last_affected": "23" }, { "introduced": "24" }, { "last_affected": "24" }, { "introduced": "25" }, { "last_affected": "25" } ], "vendor_product": "fedoraproject:fedora", "source": "CPE_STRING" }, { "cpes": [ "cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:42.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:42.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*" ], "extracted_events": [ { "introduced": "42.1" }, { "last_affected": "42.1" }, { "introduced": "42.2" }, { "last_affected": "42.2" } ], "vendor_product": "opensuse:leap", "source": "CPE_STRING" }, { "cpes": [ "cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*" ], "extracted_events": [ { "introduced": "13.2" }, { "last_affected": "13.2" } ], "vendor_product": "opensuse:opensuse", "source": "CPE_STRING" }, { "cpes": [ "cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise:12.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*" ], "extracted_events": [ { "introduced": "12.0" }, { "last_affected": "12.0" } ], "vendor_product": "suse:linux_enterprise", "source": "CPE_STRING" } ] }- References
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- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4E77DG5KGQ7L34U75QY7O6NIPKZNQHQJ/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/X3JBSNJAXP7JA3TGE2NPNRTD77JXFG4E/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/XVUEIG6EESZB6BRU2IE3F5NRUEHMAEKC/
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-12/msg00075.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2017-01/msg00103.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2017-01/msg00110.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2017-01/msg00114.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93466
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1383211
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/08/7
- https://github.com/libgit2/libgit2/issues/3936
- https://github.com/libgit2/libgit2/releases/tag/v0.24.3
Affected packages
Git / github.com/libgit2/libgit2
Affected ranges
- Type
- GIT
- Repo
- https://github.com/libgit2/libgit2
- Events
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Introduced0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affectedLast affectedFixed
- Database specific
{ "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:libgit2_project:libgit2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "extracted_events": [ { "introduced": "0" }, { "last_affected": "0.24.2" } ], "source": [ "CPE_RANGE", "REFERENCES" ] }