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CVE-2006-0477

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 3.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2006-01-31 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Buffer overflow in git-checkout-index in GIT before 1.1.5 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an index file with a long symbolic link.

Affected products

• Git: 1.0.0, 1.0.0b, 1.0.3, 1.0.4, 1.0.5, 1.0.6 (+7)

References

• http://lwn.net/Articles/169623/
• http://secunia.com/advisories/18643
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16417
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0367
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24360
• http://lwn.net/Articles/169623/
• http://secunia.com/advisories/18643
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16417
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0367
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24360

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