CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2018-8099

Double Free

Published: Mar 14, 2018 | Modified: Nov 21, 2024
CVSS 3.x
6.5
MEDIUM
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.x
4.3 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
4.3 LOW
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Ubuntu
LOW

Incorrect returning of an error code in the index.c:read_entry() function leads to a double free in libgit2 before v0.26.2, which allows an attacker to cause a denial of service via a crafted repository index file.

Weakness

The product calls free() twice on the same memory address.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Libgit2 Libgit2 * 0.26.2 (excluding)
Libgit2 Ubuntu artful *
Libgit2 Ubuntu bionic *
Libgit2 Ubuntu esm-apps/bionic *
Libgit2 Ubuntu esm-apps/xenial *
Libgit2 Ubuntu esm-infra-legacy/trusty *
Libgit2 Ubuntu trusty *
Libgit2 Ubuntu trusty/esm *
Libgit2 Ubuntu upstream *
Libgit2 Ubuntu xenial *

Potential Mitigations

References