DEBIAN-CVE-2016-2315

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-2315
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2016-2315.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2016-2315
Upstream
Published
2016-04-08T14:59:01.187Z
Modified
2025-11-19T02:02:38.859300Z
Severity
  • 9.8 (Critical) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

revision.c in git before 2.7.4 uses an incorrect integer data type, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a (1) long filename or (2) many nested trees, leading to a heap-based buffer overflow.

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / git

Package

Name
git
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/git?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1:2.7.0-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:12 / git

Package

Name
git
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/git?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1:2.7.0-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:13 / git

Package

Name
git
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/git?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1:2.7.0-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:14 / git

Package

Name
git
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/git?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1:2.7.0-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}