CVE-2016-2315

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.

Published: Apr 8, 2016
Updated: Nov 9, 2025
CVE: CVE-2016-2315
Severity: Critical
Exploit:

CVSS v3:

Severity: Critical
Score: 9.8
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2:

Severity: High
Score: 10
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CWEs:

CWE-119

Affected Software
References

Software	From	Fixed in
suse / openstack_cloud	5	5.x
suse / linux_enterprise_software_development_kit	12-sp1	12-sp1.x
suse / linux_enterprise_software_development_kit	12	12.x
suse / linux_enterprise_server	12-sp1	12-sp1.x
suse / linux_enterprise_debuginfo	11-sp4	11-sp4.x
opensuse / leap	42.1	42.1.x
opensuse / opensuse	13.2	13.2.x
suse / suse_linux_enterprise_server	12	12.x
git-scm / git	2.7.3	2.7.3.x
suse / linux_enterprise_software_development_kit	11-sp4	11-sp4.x

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/183147.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-March/179121.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-March/180763.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00059.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00060.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00061.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00062.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00071.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00074.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00076.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00077.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-04/msg00011.html
http://pastebin.com/UX2P2jjg
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0496.html
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3521
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/03/15/5
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/84355
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035290
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2938-1
https://github.com/git/git/commit/34fa79a6cde56d6d428ab0d3160cb094ebad3305
https://github.com/git/git/commit/de1e67d0703894cb6ea782e36abb63976ab07e60
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/git/git/master/Documentation/RelNotes/2.7.4.txt
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201605-01

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