CVE-2018-8098

Integer overflow in the index.c:read_entry() function while decompressing a compressed prefix length in libgit2 before v0.26.2 allows an attacker to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via a crafted repository index file.

• CWE-190

• https://github.com/libgit2/libgit2/commit/3207ddb0103543da8ad2139ec6539f590f9900c1Patch, Third Party Advisory
• https://github.com/libgit2/libgit2/commit/3db1af1f370295ad5355b8f64b865a2a357bcac0Patch, Third Party Advisory
• https://libgit2.github.com/security/Patch, Third Party Advisory
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/03/msg00031.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
• https://github.com/libgit2/libgit2/commit/3207ddb0103543da8ad2139ec6539f590f9900c1Patch, Third Party Advisory
• https://github.com/libgit2/libgit2/commit/3db1af1f370295ad5355b8f64b865a2a357bcac0Patch, Third Party Advisory
• https://libgit2.github.com/security/Patch, Third Party Advisory
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/03/msg00031.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory

Published

Mar 14, 2018

Last Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Status

Modified

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