{"id":"CVE-2016-1901","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2016-1901","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T03:22:14.492Z","title":"Integer overflow in the authenticate_post function in CGit before 0.12 allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact via a large value in the Content-Length HTTP header, which triggers a buffer overflow.","description":"Integer overflow in the authenticate_post function in CGit before 0.12 allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact via a large value in the Content-Length HTTP header, which triggers a buffer overflow.","published":"2016-01-20T16:59:06.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T00:42:50.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.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":["fedoraproject/fedora","cgit project/cgit"],"epss":{"score":0.03791,"percentile":0.89903,"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 (3.79%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://git.zx2c4.com/cgit/commit/?id=4458abf64172a62b92810c2293450106e6dfc763","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-January/176167.html","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-January/176198.html","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-01/msg00067.html","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-01/msg00084.html","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://lists.zx2c4.com/pipermail/cgit/2016-January/002817.html","tags":["Patch"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3545","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/14/3","tags":["Exploit"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/14/6","tags":["Patch"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://git.zx2c4.com/cgit/commit/?id=4458abf64172a62b92810c2293450106e6dfc763","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-January/176167.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-January/176198.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-01/msg00067.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-01/msg00084.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://lists.zx2c4.com/pipermail/cgit/2016-January/002817.html","tags":["Patch"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3545","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/14/3","tags":["Exploit"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/14/6","tags":["Patch"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-1901","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."}