CVE-2006-0477: Git

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 3.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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 Git: version 1.0.0 only; version 1.0.0b only; version 1.0.3 only; version 1.0.4 only; version 1.0.5 only; version 1.0.6 only; …

Published 2006-01-31. Last modified 2026-06-16.