Vulnerability Report

CVE-2016-2324

Title: Suse Linux Enterprise Debuginfo RCE

Memory Corruption

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2016-2324.

CWE Category CWE-119

Published Date Apr 08, 2016

Modified Date May 06, 2026

Exploit Status Not Found

Score 9.8 CVSS v3.1

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

22.05%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2016-2324: Integer overflow in Git before 2.7.4 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a (1) long filename or (2) many nested trees, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.

Impacted Vendors

Reference Links

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/de1e67d0703894cb6ea782e36abb63976ab07e60 https://raw.githubusercontent.com/git/git/master/Documentation/RelNotes/2.7.4.txt https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201605-01 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/de1e67d0703894cb6ea782e36abb63976ab07e60 https://raw.githubusercontent.com/git/git/master/Documentation/RelNotes/2.7.4.txt https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201605-01

CVSS v3.1

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity CRITICAL

9.8

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Complexity

LOW

Privileges

N/A

Interaction

NONE

Confidentiality

N/A

Integrity

N/A

Availability

N/A

Scope

UNCHANGED

RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity HIGH

10.0

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2016-2324 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

May 06, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

April 12, 2025 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

April 08, 2016 PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector NETWORK

Complexity LOW

Privileges N/A

Interaction NONE

CVSS Vector String


                                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.