CVE-2017-15298: canonical ubuntu_linux Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2017-15298 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) Uncontrolled Resource Consumption vulnerability in canonical ubuntu_linux. EPSS estimates a 1.64% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 76% of scored vulnerabilities. 2 public exploits are recorded.
Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 4 · Related 4Timeline
- 14-10-2017PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 05-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
Git through 2.14.2 mishandles layers of tree objects, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a crafted repository, aka a Git bomb. This can also have an impact of disk consumption; however, an affected process typically would not survive its attempt to build the data structure in memory before writing to disk.
CVSS metrics
4 scores · 3 sources · 2 versions- OSV · UbuntuEcosystem advisory · calculated5.5MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- OSV · DebianEcosystem advisory · calculated5.5MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS trend
Probability
1.64%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
76%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
0.00 pp
From 1.64% on 18-09-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
2 foundGit Bomb
Maturity: poc
Exploit Reference (kate.io)
Maturity: unknown
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Mageia2 products
- git< 2.7.6-1.1.mga5
- git< 2.13.6-1.1.mga6
Canonical1 product
- ubuntu_linuxEOL14.04 | 16.04 | 18.04 | 18.10
Debian1 product
- git< 1:2.16.1-1
Git-scm1 product
- git≤ 2.14.2
Ubuntu1 product
- git< 1:1.9.1-1ubuntu0.10 | < 1:2.7.4-0ubuntu1.6
5 vendors · 6 products
