CVE-2024-24577CWE-122

libgit2 is vulnerable to arbitrary code execution due to heap corruption in `git_index_add`

High · published February 6, 2024

CVSS v3.1
8.6
EPSS
2%
Percentile
74.8
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_index_add` can cause heap corruption that could be leveraged for arbitrary code execution. There is an issue in the `has_dir_name` function in `src/libgit2/index.c`, which frees an entry that should not be freed. The freed entry is later used and overwritten with potentially bad actor-controlled data leading to controlled heap corruption. Depending on the application that uses libgit2, this could lead to arbitrary code execution. This issue has been patched in version 1.6.5 and 1.7.2.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
8.6 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:L
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.01546 · 74.8th percentile
Weakness
CWE-122 · Heap-based Buffer Overflow
Published
2024-02-06T21:36Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 06 FEB 21:36Z
    libgit2 is vulnerable to arbitrary code execution due to heap corruption in `git_index_add`
    cvelistv5