{"id":"UBUNTU-CVE-2022-41903","details":"Git is distributed revision control system. `git log` can display commits in an arbitrary format using its `--format` specifiers. This functionality is also exposed to `git archive` via the `export-subst` gitattribute. When processing the padding operators, there is a integer overflow in `pretty.c::format_and_pad_commit()` where a `size_t` is stored improperly as an `int`, and then added as an offset to a `memcpy()`. This overflow can be triggered directly by a user running a command which invokes the commit formatting machinery (e.g., `git log --format=...`). It may also be triggered indirectly through git archive via the export-subst mechanism, which expands format specifiers inside of files within the repository during a git archive. This integer overflow can result in arbitrary heap writes, which may result in arbitrary code execution. The problem has been patched in the versions published on 2023-01-17, going back to v2.30.7. Users are advised to upgrade. Users who are unable to upgrade should disable `git archive` in untrusted repositories. If you expose git archive via `git daemon`, disable it by running `git config --global daemon.uploadArch false`.","modified":"2026-02-04T02:14:48.136239Z","published":"2023-01-17T18:00:00Z","related":["USN-5810-1","USN-5810-2","USN-5810-3","USN-5810-4"],"upstream":["CVE-2022-41903"],"references":[{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-41903"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5810-1"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5810-2"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://github.com/git/git/security/advisories/GHSA-475x-2q3q-hvwq"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5810-3"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5810-4"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-41903"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"git","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/git@1:1.9.1-1ubuntu0.10+esm1?arch=source&distro=trusty/esm"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1:1.9.1-1ubuntu0.10+esm1"}]}],"versions":["1:1.8.3.2-1","1:1.8.4.2-1","1:1.8.4.3-1","1:1.8.4.4-1","1:1.8.5-1","1:1.8.5.1-1","1:1.8.5.2-1","1:1.8.5.2-2","1:1.8.5.3-1","1:1.9~rc1-1","1:1.9.0-1","1:1.9.1-1","1:1.9.1-1ubuntu0.1","1:1.9.1-1ubuntu0.2","1:1.9.1-1ubuntu0.3","1:1.9.1-1ubuntu0.4","1:1.9.1-1ubuntu0.5","1:1.9.1-1ubuntu0.6","1:1.9.1-1ubuntu0.7","1:1.9.1-1ubuntu0.8","1:1.9.1-1ubuntu0.9","1:1.9.1-1ubuntu0.10"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_name":"git","binary_version":"1:1.9.1-1ubuntu0.10+esm1"},{"binary_name":"git-all","binary_version":"1:1.9.1-1ubuntu0.10+esm1"},{"binary_name":"git-arch","binary_version":"1:1.9.1-1ubuntu0.10+esm1"},{"binary_name":"git-bzr","binary_version":"1:1.9.1-1ubuntu0.10+esm1"},{"binary_name":"git-core","binary_version":"1:1.9.1-1ubuntu0.10+esm1"},{"binary_name":"git-cvs","binary_version":"1:1.9.1-1ubuntu0.10+esm1"},{"binary_name":"git-daemon-run","binary_version":"1:1.9.1-1ubuntu0.10+esm1"},{"binary_name":"git-daemon-sysvinit","binary_version":"1:1.9.1-1ubuntu0.10+esm1"},{"binary_name":"git-el","binary_version":"1:1.9.1-1ubuntu0.10+esm1"},{"binary_name":"git-email","binary_version":"1:1.9.1-1ubuntu0.10+esm1"},{"binary_name":"git-gui","binary_version":"1:1.9.1-1ubuntu0.10+esm1"},{"binary_name":"git-man","binary_version":"1:1.9.1-1ubuntu0.10+esm1"},{"binary_name":"git-mediawiki","binary_version":"1:1.9.1-1ubuntu0.10+esm1"},{"binary_name":"git-svn","binary_version":"1:1.9.1-1ubuntu0.10+esm1"},{"binary_name":"gitk","binary_version":"1:1.9.1-1ubuntu0.10+esm1"},{"binary_name":"gitweb","binary_version":"1:1.9.1-1ubuntu0.10+esm1"}],"availability":"Available 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