Vulnerability Report

CVE-2016-3105

RCE

Title: Mercurial RCE

RCE

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2016-3105.

CWE Category CWE-284

Published Date May 09, 2016

Modified Date May 06, 2026

Exploit Status Not Found

Score 8.8 CVSS v3.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

1.18%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2016-3105: The convert extension in Mercurial before 3.8 might allow context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted git repository name.

Impacted Vendors

mercurial 1

jenkins 1

Reference Links

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-05/msg00082.html http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3570 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90536 http://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2016&m=slackware-security.533255 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-19 https://selenic.com/hg/rev/a56296f55a5e https://www.mercurial-scm.org/wiki/WhatsNew#Mercurial_3.8_.2F_3.8.1_.282016-5-1.29 http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-05/msg00082.html http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3570 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90536 http://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2016&m=slackware-security.533255 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-19 https://selenic.com/hg/rev/a56296f55a5e https://www.mercurial-scm.org/wiki/WhatsNew#Mercurial_3.8_.2F_3.8.1_.282016-5-1.29

CVSS v3.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity HIGH

8.8

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Complexity

LOW

Privileges

N/A

Interaction

REQUIRED

Confidentiality

N/A

Integrity

N/A

Availability

N/A

Scope

UNCHANGED

RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity MEDIUM

6.8

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2016-3105 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.

May 09, 2016 PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector NETWORK

Complexity LOW

Privileges N/A

Interaction REQUIRED

CVSS Vector String


                                    CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.