cve/2016/CVE-2016-2315.md

CVE-2016-2315

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.

POC

Reference

• http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html
• http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html

Github

No PoCs found on GitHub currently.