CVSS 3.0
8.8 highCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HCVE-2016-3069
High (8.8). EPSS 5.0% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. Fixed in mercurial 3.7.3.
Mercurial before 3.7.3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted name when converting a Git repository.
Severity
- EPSS
- 5.0% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 92% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
- CWE
- CWE-20
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Affected
- debian:debian_linux
- fedoraproject:fedora
- mercurial:mercurial
- opensuse:leap
- opensuse:opensuse
- redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop
- redhat:enterprise_linux_hpc_node
- redhat:enterprise_linux_hpc_node_eus
- redhat:enterprise_linux_server
- redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus
- redhat:enterprise_linux_server_eus
- redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation
- suse:linux_enterprise_debuginfo
- suse:linux_enterprise_software_development_kit
Packages (OSV)
| Advisory | Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GHSA-8fm8-7365-5rh2 | PyPI | mercurial | <3.7.3 | 3.7.3 |
| PYSEC-2016-27 | PyPI | mercurial | <3.7.3 | 3.7.3 |
References
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/181505.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/181542.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00016.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00017.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00018.html