{"id":"CVE-2016-10128","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2016-10128","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T18:46:10.979Z","title":"Buffer overflow in the git_pkt_parse_line function in transports/smart_pkt.c in the Git Smart Protocol support in libgit2 before 0.24.6 and 0.25.x before 0.25.1 allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact via a crafted non-flush packet.","description":"Buffer overflow in the git_pkt_parse_line function in transports/smart_pkt.c in the Git Smart Protocol support in libgit2 before 0.24.6 and 0.25.x before 0.25.1 allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact via a crafted non-flush packet.","published":"2017-03-24T15:59:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T00:39:07.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"security@debian.org","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":9.8,"severity":"CRITICAL","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-119"],"affected":["libgit2 project/libgit2"],"epss":{"score":0.03955,"percentile":0.90356,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (3.96%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2017-02/msg00030.html","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"security@debian.org"},{"url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2017-02/msg00036.html","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"security@debian.org"},{"url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2017-02/msg00072.html","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"security@debian.org"},{"url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/10/5","tags":["Mailing List","Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"security@debian.org"},{"url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/11/6","tags":["Mailing List","Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"security@debian.org"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95338","source":"security@debian.org"},{"url":"https://github.com/libgit2/libgit2/commit/4ac39c76c0153d1ee6889a0984c39e97731684b2","tags":["Issue Tracking","Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"security@debian.org"},{"url":"https://github.com/libgit2/libgit2/commit/66e3774d279672ee51c3b54545a79d20d1ada834","tags":["Issue Tracking","Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"security@debian.org"},{"url":"https://libgit2.github.com/security/","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"security@debian.org"},{"url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2017-02/msg00030.html","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2017-02/msg00036.html","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2017-02/msg00072.html","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/10/5","tags":["Mailing List","Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/11/6","tags":["Mailing List","Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95338","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://github.com/libgit2/libgit2/commit/4ac39c76c0153d1ee6889a0984c39e97731684b2","tags":["Issue Tracking","Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://github.com/libgit2/libgit2/commit/66e3774d279672ee51c3b54545a79d20d1ada834","tags":["Issue Tracking","Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://libgit2.github.com/security/","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-10128","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}