CVE-2008-3546

Status: ModifiedHigh (7.5)—
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.
CVSS

Version: 2.0
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Base score: 7.5
Exploitation probability (EPSS)

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 4.30%
Percentile among all scored CVEs: 91
Score date: 10/12/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).
Affected technologies (1)

GIT — GIT
CWEs

CWE-119
References

Raw JSON (NVD)

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