VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2016-3630
The binary delta decoder in Mercurial before 3.7.3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a (1) clone, (2) push, or (3) pull command, related to (a) a list sizing rounding error and (b) short records.
HIGH 8.8EPSS 4.87%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (4.87%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
The binary delta decoder in Mercurial before 3.7.3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a (1) clone, (2) push, or (3) pull command, related to (a) a list sizing rounding error and (b) short records.
- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 4.87% probability · 92th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-19
- Affected
- fedoraproject/fedora · opensuse/leap · mercurial/mercurial · debian/debian linux · suse/linux enterprise debuginfo · opensuse/opensuse · suse/linux enterprise software development kit
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/181505.htmlMailing List, Vendor Advisory
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/181542.htmlMailing List, Vendor Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00016.htmlMailing List, Vendor Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00017.htmlMailing List, Vendor Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00018.htmlMailing List, Vendor Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00043.htmlMailing List, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3542Third Party Advisory
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.htmlThird Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-19Third Party Advisory
- https://selenic.com/repo/hg-stable/rev/b6ed2505d6cfThird Party Advisory
- https://selenic.com/repo/hg-stable/rev/b9714d958e89Third Party Advisory
- https://www.mercurial-scm.org/wiki/WhatsNew#Mercurial_3.7.3_.282016-3-29.29Vendor Advisory
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/181505.htmlMailing List, Vendor Advisory
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/181542.htmlMailing List, Vendor Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00016.htmlMailing List, Vendor Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00017.htmlMailing List, Vendor Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00018.htmlMailing List, Vendor Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00043.htmlMailing List, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3542Third Party Advisory
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.htmlThird Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-19Third Party Advisory
- https://selenic.com/repo/hg-stable/rev/b6ed2505d6cfThird Party Advisory
- https://selenic.com/repo/hg-stable/rev/b9714d958e89Third Party Advisory
- https://www.mercurial-scm.org/wiki/WhatsNew#Mercurial_3.7.3_.282016-3-29.29Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.