CVE-2016-10129
The Git Smart Protocol support in libgit2 before 0.24.6 and 0.25.x before 0.25.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) via an empty packet line.
02 Description
The Git Smart Protocol support in libgit2 before 0.24.6 and 0.25.x before 0.25.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) via an empty packet line.
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
- 3.63% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 89.0% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 7.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- 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
- 2017-03-24 15:00Z9 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 03:14Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2017-01-10
- Assigning CNA
- debian
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-476NULL Pointer DereferenceBase
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- c84e658f30830021555575d6464dfbaf744f8a73825687f7bea87dae5e6df408
05 Affected products
06 References
- libgit2.github.comhttps://libgit2.github.com/security/
- github.comhttps://github.com/libgit2/libgit2/commit/2fdef641fd0dd2828bd948234ae86de75221a11a
- github.comhttps://github.com/libgit2/libgit2/commit/84d30d569ada986f3eef527cbdb932643c2dd037
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20170110 CVE Request: two security fixes in libgit2 0.25.1, 0.24.6http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/10/5
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20170110 Re: CVE Request: two security fixes in libgit2 0.25.1, 0.24.6http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/11/6
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2017:0397http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2017-02/msg00030.html
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2017:0405http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2017-02/msg00036.html
- www.securityfocus.com95339http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95339
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2017:0484http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2017-02/msg00072.html
07 Fixed in
Arch Linux
- libgit2 Fixed in 1:0.24.6-1
Source: Arch Linux Security Tracker, the Arch Linux security team. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 12
- cargo Fixed in 0.17.0-1
- libgit2 Fixed in 0.25.1+really0.24.6-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- libgit2 Fixed in 0.25.1+really0.24.6-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- libgit2 Fixed in 0.25.1+really0.24.6-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS
- libgit2 Fixed in 0.19.0-2ubuntu0.4+esm2Available with Ubuntu Pro with Legacy support add-on: https://ubuntu.com/pro
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS
- libgit2 Fixed in 0.24.1-2ubuntu0.2+esm3Available with Ubuntu Pro with Legacy support add-on: https://ubuntu.com/pro
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.