{"cve":"CVE-2018-15501","nvd":{"published":"2018-08-18T02:29:01.713","modified":"2026-06-17T01:42:39.383","status":"Modified","description":"In ng_pkt in transports/smart_pkt.c in libgit2 before 0.26.6 and 0.27.x before 0.27.4, a remote attacker can send a crafted smart-protocol \"ng\" packet that lacks a '\\0' byte to trigger an out-of-bounds read that leads to DoS.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","score":7.5},"cwes":["CWE-125"],"references":["https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=9406","https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1104641","https://github.com/libgit2/libgit2/commit/1f9a8510e1d2f20ed7334eeeddb92c4dd8e7c649","https://github.com/libgit2/libgit2/releases/tag/v0.26.6","https://github.com/libgit2/libgit2/releases/tag/v0.27.4"],"products":["debian:debian_linux","libgit2:libgit2"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T20:52:03.425131697+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2018-15501","score":0.04373,"percentile":0.91277,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}