Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Feb 6, 2024· Updated May 15, 2025
libgit2 is vulnerable to arbitrary code execution due to heap corruption in `git_index_add`
CVE-2024-24577
Description
libgit2 is a portable C implementation of the Git core methods provided as a linkable library with a solid API, allowing to build Git functionality into your application. Using well-crafted inputs to git_index_add can cause heap corruption that could be leveraged for arbitrary code execution. There is an issue in the has_dir_name function in src/libgit2/index.c, which frees an entry that should not be freed. The freed entry is later used and overwritten with potentially bad actor-controlled data leading to controlled heap corruption. Depending on the application that uses libgit2, this could lead to arbitrary code execution. This issue has been patched in version 1.6.5 and 1.7.2.
Affected products
53- osv-coords52 versionspkg:apk/chainguard/libgit2pkg:apk/chainguard/libgit2-1.5pkg:apk/chainguard/libgit2-devpkg:apk/chainguard/libgit2-dev-1.5pkg:apk/chainguard/libgit2-staticpkg:apk/wolfi/libgit2pkg:apk/wolfi/libgit2-devpkg:apk/wolfi/libgit2-staticpkg:rpm/opensuse/git&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.5pkg:rpm/opensuse/git&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.6pkg:rpm/opensuse/git&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%20Micro%205.5pkg:rpm/opensuse/git&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/opensuse/libgit2&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.5pkg:rpm/opensuse/libgit2&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.6pkg:rpm/opensuse/libgit2&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/suse/git&distro=SUSE%20Enterprise%20Storage%207.1pkg:rpm/suse/git&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015%20SP2-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/git&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015%20SP3-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/git&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015%20SP4-ESPOSpkg:rpm/suse/git&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015%20SP4-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/git&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Micro%205.5pkg:rpm/suse/git&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Basesystem%2015%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/git&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Basesystem%2015%20SP6pkg:rpm/suse/git&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Development%20Tools%2015%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/git&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Development%20Tools%2015%20SP6pkg:rpm/suse/git&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/git&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2015%20SP2-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/git&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2015%20SP3-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/git&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2015%20SP4-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/git&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/git&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2015%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/git&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2015%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/git&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2015%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/git&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/git&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Micro%206.0pkg:rpm/suse/git&distro=SUSE%20Manager%20Proxy%204.3pkg:rpm/suse/git&distro=SUSE%20Manager%20Server%204.3pkg:rpm/suse/libgit2&distro=SUSE%20Enterprise%20Storage%207.1pkg:rpm/suse/libgit2&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015%20SP2-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/libgit2&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015%20SP3-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/libgit2&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015%20SP4-ESPOSpkg:rpm/suse/libgit2&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015%20SP4-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/libgit2&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Development%20Tools%2015%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/libgit2&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Development%20Tools%2015%20SP6pkg:rpm/suse/libgit2&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2015%20SP2-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/libgit2&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2015%20SP3-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/libgit2&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2015%20SP4-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/libgit2&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2015%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/libgit2&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2015%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/libgit2&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2015%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/libgit2&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/libgit2&distro=SUSE%20Manager%20Server%20Module%204.3
< 1.7.2-r0+ 51 more
- (no CPE)range: < 1.7.2-r0
- (no CPE)range: < 1.7.2-r0
- (no CPE)range: < 1.7.2-r0
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- (no CPE)range: < 1.7.2-r0
- (no CPE)range: < 1.7.2-r0
- (no CPE)range: < 1.7.2-r0
- (no CPE)range: < 1.7.2-r0
- (no CPE)range: < 2.35.3-150300.10.42.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.43.0-150600.3.6.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.35.3-150300.10.42.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.45.2-2.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.3.0-150400.3.9.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.7.2-150600.3.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.7.2-1.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.35.3-150300.10.42.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.26.2-150000.59.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.35.3-150300.10.42.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.35.3-150300.10.42.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.35.3-150300.10.42.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.35.3-150300.10.42.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.35.3-150300.10.42.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.43.0-150600.3.6.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.35.3-150300.10.42.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.43.0-150600.3.6.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.26.2-27.75.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.26.2-150000.59.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.35.3-150300.10.42.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.35.3-150300.10.42.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.26.2-27.75.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.26.2-150000.59.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.35.3-150300.10.42.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.35.3-150300.10.42.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.26.2-27.75.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.51.0-1.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.35.3-150300.10.42.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.35.3-150300.10.42.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.28.4-150200.3.9.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.26.8-150000.3.21.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.28.4-150200.3.9.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.3.0-150400.3.9.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.3.0-150400.3.9.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.3.0-150400.3.9.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.7.2-150600.3.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.26.8-150000.3.21.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.28.4-150200.3.9.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.3.0-150400.3.9.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.26.8-150000.3.21.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.28.4-150200.3.9.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.3.0-150400.3.9.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.24.1-11.5.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.28.4-150200.3.9.1
- libgit2/libgit2v5Range: < 1.6.5
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
AI mechanics synthesis has not run for this CVE yet.
References
9- github.com/libgit2/libgit2/releases/tag/v1.6.5mitrex_refsource_MISC
- github.com/libgit2/libgit2/releases/tag/v1.7.2mitrex_refsource_MISC
- github.com/libgit2/libgit2/security/advisories/GHSA-j2v7-4f6v-gpg8mitrex_refsource_CONFIRM
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/02/msg00012.htmlmitre
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