CVE-2018-11233 — In Git before 2

In Git before 2.13.7, 2.14.x before 2.14.4, 2.15.x before 2.15.2, 2.16.x before 2.16.4, and 2.17.x before 2.17.1, code to sanity-check pathnames on NTFS can result in reading out-of-bounds memory.

01What is this vulnerability?

In Git before 2.13.7, 2.14.x before 2.14.4, 2.15.x before 2.15.2, 2.16.x before 2.16.4, and 2.17.x before 2.17.1, code to sanity-check pathnames on NTFS can result in reading out-of-bounds memory.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
n	a / n/a	n/a

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2018-05-30T04:00:00.000Z
• Last modified: 2024-08-05T08:01:52.717Z

09References

• access.redhat.com — https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2147
• usn.ubuntu.com — https://usn.ubuntu.com/3671-1/
• www.securityfocus.com — http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104346
• marc.info — https://marc.info/?l=git&m=152761328506724&w=2
• www.securitytracker.com — http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040991
• security.gentoo.org — https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201805-13
• lists.opensuse.org — http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-05/msg00003.html