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CVE-2016-10129 json

The Git Smart Protocol support in libgit2 before 0.24.6 and 0.25.x before 0.25.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL…

published 2017-03-24 9 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2016-1319

cvss
7.5
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
3.6%
EPSS 3.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 89%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

The Git Smart Protocol support in libgit2 before 0.24.6 and 0.25.x before 0.25.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) via an empty packet line.

Patch / fix

  • cargo Debian 12 0.17.0-1
  • libgit2 Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 0.25.1+really0.24.6-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2016-10129

  • libgit2 Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS 0.19.0-2ubuntu0.4+esm2
  • libgit2 Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS 0.24.1-2ubuntu0.2+esm3

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2016-10129

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • libgit2 SLE Software Development Kit 12 SP2 0.24.1-6.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2017:0433-1

  • libgit2 Package Hub 12 SP1 0.24.6-10.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2017:0405-1

  • libgit2 Alpine 3.24, Alpine 3.23, Alpine 3.22 +16 more 0.25.1-r0
  • libgit2 Alpine 3.5, Alpine 3.4 0.24.6-r0
  • libgit2-1.0 Alpine 3.14, Alpine 3.13 0.25.1-r0
  • libgit2-1.1 Alpine 3.16, Alpine 3.15 0.25.1-r0
  • libgit2-0.27 Alpine 3.10 0.25.1-r0

alpine advisories ALPINE-CVE-2016-10129

Alpine secdb © Alpine Linux, from https://secdb.alpinelinux.org via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • libgit2 Arch Linux 1:0.24.6-1

arch linux advisories AVG-131

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2016-10129 updated

libgit2: Two vulnerabilities fixed in libgit 0.25.1 and 0.24.6

  • Red Hat All currently supported Red Hat products
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

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Exploit prediction

3.64% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 89% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 7.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD 2.0 5.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

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