Is CVE-2017-15298 actively exploited?

CVE-2017-15298 has no public evidence of in-the-wild exploitation as of 2025-04-20.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2017-15298?

CVE-2017-15298 has a CVSS score of 5.5 (MEDIUM severity). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

How do I patch CVE-2017-15298?

Patch guidance is available from git-scm security advisories. CVEDatabase generates AI-assisted remediation guidance on demand for CVE-2017-15298.

CVE-2017-15298 - remediation guidance & executive summary

Q: Which products are affected by CVE-2017-15298?

5 products: git-scm git, canonical ubuntu linux, canonical ubuntu linux, canonical ubuntu linux, canonical ubuntu linux.

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

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack Vector: local
Complexity: low
Privileges: none
User Action: required
Scope: unchanged
Confidentiality: none
Integrity: none
Availability: high
Weaknesses: CWE-400

Metadata

Primary Vendor: GIT-SCM
Published: 10/14/2017
Last Modified: 4/20/2025
Source: NIST NVD
Note: Verify all details with official vendor sources before applying patches.

Affected Products

git-scm : gitcanonical : ubuntu_linuxcanonical : ubuntu_linuxcanonical : ubuntu_linuxcanonical : ubuntu_linux

Remediation Guidance

Executive Summary

View on NIST NVD