CVE-2016-2315 Memory corruption in n/a

What is CVE-2016-2315?

CVE-2016-2315 is a critical memory corruption vulnerability in Opensuse Leap, published on 8 Apr 2016. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

revision.c in git before 2.7.4 uses an incorrect integer data type, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a (1) long filename or (2) many nested trees, leading to a heap-based buffer overflow.

Weakness: CWE-119

Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-2315?

It affects 8 products.

Products include Git-Scm Git, Opensuse Leap, Opensuse Opensuse, Suse Linux Enterprise Debuginfo, Suse Linux Enterprise Server, Suse Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit and 2 more.

How do I fix CVE-2016-2315?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2016-2315 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-2315 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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• CVE-2019-1387 Command injection in Git High 8.8

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2016-2315, GHSA-w2rr-v7j3-2w2r, UBUNTU-CVE-2016-2315.