01 Record
CVE-2012-4465
Heap-based buffer overflow in the substr function in parsing.c in cgit 0.9.0.3 and earlier allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: redhat
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
Heap-based buffer overflow in the substr function in parsing.c in cgit 0.9.0.3 and earlier allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 3.38% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 88.7% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2012-10-10 18:00Z14 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 20:35Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2012-08-21
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- e892ba24fe525e45a998bfd4297c2bf6899804e4798e4db42ea165cd64a90569
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20120930 cgit: heap buffer overflowhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/30/1
- git.zx2c4.comhttp://git.zx2c4.com/cgit/commit/?id=7757d1b046ecb67b830151d20715c658867df1ec
- hjemli.net[cgit] 20120703 avoid stack-smash when processing unusual commithttp://hjemli.net/pipermail/cgit/2012-July/000652.html
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=820733
- secunia.com50734http://secunia.com/advisories/50734
- www.securityfocus.com55724http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55724
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20121003 Re: cgit: heap buffer overflowhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/03/7