CVE-2012-4465 (GCVE-0-2012-4465)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2012-10-10 18:00
Modified
2024-08-06 20:35
Severity ?
CWE
  • n/a
Summary
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.
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
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