CVE-2016-3630 in Mercurial

Summary

The binary delta decoder in Mercurial before 3.7.3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a (1) clone, (2) push, or (3) pull command, related to (a) a list sizing rounding error and (b) short records.

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• Reservation: 03/20/2016
• Disclosure: 04/13/2016
• Moderation: VulDB entry created
• Entries: VDB-82347
• CPE: ready
• CWE: CWE-19 (Confirmed)
• CVSS: 8.8
• EPSS: 0.05192
• Activities: Very Low

Sources

• MITRE: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-3630
• NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-3630
• CVE Details: https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2016-3630/