Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Oct 10, 2012· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2012-4465
CVE-2012-4465
Description
Heap-based buffer overflow in the substr function in parsing.c in cgit 0.9.0.3 and earlier allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via an empty username in the "Author" field in a commit.
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Affected products
30cpe:2.3:a:lars_hjemli:cgit:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 28 more
- cpe:2.3:a:lars_hjemli:cgit:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <=0.9.0.3
- cpe:2.3:a:lars_hjemli:cgit:0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:lars_hjemli:cgit:0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:lars_hjemli:cgit:0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:lars_hjemli:cgit:0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:lars_hjemli:cgit:0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:lars_hjemli:cgit:0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:lars_hjemli:cgit:0.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:lars_hjemli:cgit:0.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:lars_hjemli:cgit:0.6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:lars_hjemli:cgit:0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:lars_hjemli:cgit:0.7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:lars_hjemli:cgit:0.7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:lars_hjemli:cgit:0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:lars_hjemli:cgit:0.8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:lars_hjemli:cgit:0.8.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:lars_hjemli:cgit:0.8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:lars_hjemli:cgit:0.8.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:lars_hjemli:cgit:0.8.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:lars_hjemli:cgit:0.8.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:lars_hjemli:cgit:0.8.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:lars_hjemli:cgit:0.8.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:lars_hjemli:cgit:0.8.3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:lars_hjemli:cgit:0.8.3.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:lars_hjemli:cgit:0.8.3.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:lars_hjemli:cgit:0.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:lars_hjemli:cgit:0.9.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:lars_hjemli:cgit:0.9.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: <=0.9.0.3
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