{"id":"CVE-2016-8568","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2016-8568","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T20:57:32.769Z","title":"The git_commit_message function in oid.c in libgit2 before 0.24.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via a cat-file command with a crafted object file.","description":"The git_commit_message function in oid.c in libgit2 before 0.24.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via a cat-file command with a crafted object file.","published":"2017-02-03T15:59:01.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T00:54:32.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":5.5,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-125"],"affected":["fedoraproject/fedora","opensuse/leap","opensuse/opensuse","suse/linux enterprise","libgit2 project/libgit2"],"epss":{"score":0.01946,"percentile":0.80076,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[{"date":"2026-09-21","score":0.03693,"percentile":0.89237},{"date":"2026-09-22","score":0.01903,"percentile":0.78798}]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.95%). 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