CVE-2018-10888: Debian Linux

Medium severity, CVSS 6.5. EPSS: 1.8% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

A flaw was found in libgit2 before version 0.27.3. A missing check in git_delta_apply function in delta.c file, may lead to an out-of-bound read while reading a binary delta file. An attacker may use this flaw to cause a Denial of Service.

Affected products

• Debian Debian Linux: version 8.0 only; version 9.0 only
• LIBGIT2 LIBGIT2: before 0.27.3 (fixed in 0.27.3)

Published 2018-07-10. Last modified 2026-06-17.