CVE-2018-8098

MediumCVSS 6.5/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

Integer overflow in the index.c:read_entry() function while decompressing a compressed prefix length in libgit2 before v0.26.2 allows an attacker to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via a crafted repository index file.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 6.5/10CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-190

Affected software

VendorProductVersions
n/an/an/a

References

Timeline

Published
Mar 14, 2018
Last modified
Jun 17, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2018-8098: Medium severity, CVSS 6.5 | Vulnix