CVE-2024-24575CWE-400

libgit2 is vulnerable to a denial of service attack in `git_revparse_single`

High · published February 6, 2024

CVSS v3.1
7.5
EPSS
1%
Percentile
73.0
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

libgit2 is a portable C implementation of the Git core methods provided as a linkable library with a solid API, allowing to build Git functionality into your application. Using well-crafted inputs to `git_revparse_single` can cause the function to enter an infinite loop, potentially causing a Denial of Service attack in the calling application. The revparse function in `src/libgit2/revparse.c` uses a loop to parse the user-provided spec string. There is an edge-case during parsing that allows a bad actor to force the loop conditions to access arbitrary memory. Potentially, this could also leak memory if the extracted rev spec is reflected back to the attacker. As such, libgit2 versions before 1.4.0 are not affected. Users should upgrade to version 1.6.5 or 1.7.2.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
7.5 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.01443 · 73.0th percentile
Weakness
CWE-400 · Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
Published
2024-02-06T21:27Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 06 FEB 21:27Z
    libgit2 is vulnerable to a denial of service attack in `git_revparse_single`
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