CVE-2018-11233

critical
Published — · Modified —
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
VIR risk
9.5

Description

In Git before 2.13.7, 2.14.x before 2.14.4, 2.15.x before 2.15.2, 2.16.x before 2.16.4, and 2.17.x before 2.17.1, code to sanity-check pathnames on NTFS can result in reading out-of-bounds memory.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-11233

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: arch — https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-201806-1

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
arch archfixed2.17.1-1
debian debianbookwormfixed1:2.17.1-1
debian debianbullseyefixed1:2.17.1-1
debian debianforkyfixed1:2.17.1-1
debian debiansidfixed1:2.17.1-1
debian debiantrixiefixed1:2.17.1-1

References

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.