CVE-2024-24577

Public on 2024-02-06
Modified on 2024-02-29
Description
libgit2 is a portable C implementation of the Git core methods provided as a linkable library with a solid API, allowing to build Git functionality into your application. Using well-crafted inputs to `git_index_add` can cause heap corruption that could be leveraged for arbitrary code execution. There is an issue in the `has_dir_name` function in `src/libgit2/index.c`, which frees an entry that should not be freed. The freed entry is later used and overwritten with potentially bad actor-controlled data leading to controlled heap corruption. Depending on the application that uses libgit2, this could lead to arbitrary code execution. This issue has been patched in version 1.6.5 and 1.7.2.
Severity
Important severity
Important
CVSS v3 Base Score
8.6
See breakdown

Affected Packages

Platform Package Release Date Advisory Status
Amazon Linux 2023 libgit2 2024-02-29 ALAS2023-2024-541 Fixed
Amazon Linux 1 rust Pending Fix
Amazon Linux 2 - Rust1 Extra rust Pending Fix
Amazon Linux 2 - Core rust 2024-03-13 ALAS2-2024-2496 Fixed
Amazon Linux 2023 rust 2024-03-13 ALAS2023-2024-566 Fixed

CVSS Scores

Score Type Score Vector
Amazon Linux CVSSv3 8.6 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:L
NVD CVSSv3 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H