VYPR
Critical severity9.8NVD Advisory· Published Apr 8, 2016· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2016-2315

CVE-2016-2315

Description

revision.c in git before 2.7.4 uses an incorrect integer data type, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a (1) long filename or (2) many nested trees, leading to a heap-based buffer overflow.

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