CVE-2012-4465
Status: ModifiedMedium (6.5)—
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 via an empty username in the "Author" field in a commit.
CVSS
- Version: 2.0
- Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
- Base score: 6.5
Exploitation probability (EPSS)
- Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 3.38%
- Percentile among all scored CVEs: 88
- Score date: 10/5/2026
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)
CWEs
- CWE-119
References
- http://git.zx2c4.com/cgit/commit/?id=7757d1b046ecb67b830151d20715c658867df1ec
- http://hjemli.net/pipermail/cgit/2012-July/000652.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/50734
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/30/1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/03/7
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55724
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=820733
- http://git.zx2c4.com/cgit/commit/?id=7757d1b046ecb67b830151d20715c658867df1ec
- http://hjemli.net/pipermail/cgit/2012-July/000652.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/50734
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/30/1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/03/7
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55724
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=820733
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