CVE-2012-4465

Heap-based buffer overflow in the substr function in parsing.c in cgit 0.9.0.3 and earlier allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via an empty username in the "Author" field in a commit.

Date published : 2012-10-10

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55724

http://git.zx2c4.com/cgit/commit/?id=7757d1b046ecb67b830151d20715c658867df1ec