CVE-2018-8099
mediumpriority · track · 26EPSS 0.014 · 72 %ileEURUUSgrimoire priorityP3 · Track
Exploitable?
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no known exploitation
Likely / severe?
1.39% (72nd) EPSS
CVSS 4.3 · medium
Who says so?
4 sources
cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · nvd
EPSS · scored 2026-10-27
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.
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cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
6.5
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode
v3.16.5mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 2.8 · impact 3.6
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weaknesses
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affected products (9)
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also known as (4)
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sources
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references (10)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- https://github.com/libgit2/libgit2/commit/58a6fe94cb851f71214dbefac3f9bffee437d6fecnnvd
- https://libgit2.github.com/security/cnnvd
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/03/msg00031.htmlcnnvd
- https://www.auscert.org.au/bulletins/ESB-2022.1177cnnvd
- https://github.com/libgit2/libgit2/commit/58a6fe94cb851f71214dbefac3f9bffee437d6feenisa_euvd
- https://libgit2.github.com/security/enisa_euvd
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/03/msg00031.htmlenisa_euvd
- https://github.com/libgit2/libgit2/commit/58a6fe94cb851f71214dbefac3f9bffee437d6fePatchThird Party Advisorynvd
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