CVE-2008-3546
HIGH · CVSS 7.5EPSS 4.3%EU EUVD
Stack-based buffer overflow in the (1) diff_addremove and (2) diff_change functions in GIT before 1.5.6.4 might allow local users to execute arbitrary code via a PATH whose length is larger than the system's PATH_MAX when running GIT utilities such as git-diff or git-grep.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 7.5 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-119
- EPSS score
- 4.3% (91th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-3532)
- Published
- August 7, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-3532 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- git / git
- git / git
- git / git
- git / git
- git / git
- git / git
- linux / parduslinux
- linux / parduslinux
References
- http://kerneltrap.org/mailarchive/git/2008/7/16/2529284(Exploit)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31347(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31780
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32029
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32384
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33964
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200809-16.xml
- http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0253
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1637
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/RelNotes-1.5.6.4.txt
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495391/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30549
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020627
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-723-1
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2306
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44217
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2707
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-October/msg00729.html
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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