CVE-2011-1027

high

Description

Off-by-one error in the convert_query_hexchar function in html.c in cgit.cgi in cgit before 0.8.3.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a string composed of a % (percent) character followed by invalid hex characters, as demonstrated by a %gg sequence.

References

Advisories
More

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/65919

http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/07/3

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2011-1044

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=680905

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0667

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46756

http://www.osvdb.org/71005

http://secunia.com/advisories/43788

http://secunia.com/advisories/43633

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/055966.html

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/055898.html

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/055896.html

http://hjemli.net/git/cgit/commit/?h=stable&id=fc384b16fb9787380746000d3cea2d53fccc548e

http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/168493

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2011-03-20

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

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

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.03746