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CVE-2008-3546
Stack-based buffer overflow in the (1) diff_addremove and (2) diff_change functions in GIT before 1.5.6.4 might allow local users to…
High7.5EPSS 4.3%
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- mitre
Description
Stack-based buffer overflow in the (1) diff_addremove and (2) diff_change functions in GIT before 1.5.6.4 might allow local users to execute arbitrary code via a PATH whose length is larger than the system's PATH_MAX when running GIT utilities such as git-diff or git-grep.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 4.3% · top 8.8% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (18)
- 20080812 rPSA-2008-0253-1 git gitweb (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/RelNotes-1.5.6.4.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 32029 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0253 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- git-multiple-bo(44217) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 33964 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2707 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 31347 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- GLSA-200809-16 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- DSA-1637 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- [git] 20080716 [PATCH] Fix buffer overflow in git diff (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- FEDORA-2008-9080 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- 32384 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 30549 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- ADV-2008-2306 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 1020627 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 31780 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- USN-723-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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