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CVE-2022-41953

Git GUI is a convenient graphical tool that comes with Git for Windows. Its target audience is users who are uncomfortable with using Git on the command-line. Git GUI has a function to clone repositories. Immediately after the local clone is available, Git GUI will automatically post-process it, among other things running a spell checker called `aspell.exe` if it was found. Git GUI is implemented as a Tcl/Tk script. Due to the unfortunate design of Tcl on Windows, the search path when looking for an executable _always includes the current directory_. Therefore, malicious repositories can ship with an `aspell.exe` in their top-level directory which is executed by Git GUI without giving the user a chance to inspect it first, i.e. running untrusted code. This issue has been addressed in version 2.39.1. Users are advised to upgrade. Users unable to upgrade should avoid using Git GUI for cloning. If that is not a viable option, at least avoid cloning from untrusted sources.

CVSS 8.6 · HighBuzz score 25.4

Buzz score

Why this CVE is surfacing

Buzz score total 25.4

This all-time snapshot uses the same composite formula as Trending across a 30-year evidence window, rather than a current rolling window.

Buzz score components · mention 13.9 · diversity 11.5 · KEV 0.0 · OTX 0.0 · PoC 0.0
Mention score
13.9
3 evidence mentions in the snapshot
Diversity score
11.5
3 sources across 2 categories
KEV score
0.0
No KEV entry observed
OTX score
0.0
0 OTX pulses
PoC score
0.0
0 repos · best confidence N/A
Best PoC traction
0
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Why it matters now

Mention timeline

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Evidence

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  • 23rd January – Threat Intelligence ReportCheck Point Research

    For the latest discoveries in cyber research for the week of 23rd January, please download our Threat_Intelligence Bulletin TOP ATTACKS AND BREACHES The fast food brand ‘Yum! Brands’, operator of leading fast food restaurants including KFC, Pizza Hut and Taco Bell, has been targeted by a ransomware attack. The attack lead to the temporary closure […]

    vendorresearch.checkpoint.comJan 23, 2023, 1:50 PM
  • Critical RCE vulnerabilities found in git (CVE-2022-41903, CVE-2022-23251)Help Net Security

    A source code audit has revealed two critical vulnerabilities affecting git, the popular distributed version control system for collaborative software development. The latest git vulnerabilities CVE-2022-41903 is an out-of-bounds memory write flaw in log formatting and CVE-2022-23251 is a truncated allocation leading to out-of-bounds write via large number of attributes. Both may result in remote code execution. More technical info about each of the flaws can be found in this post by X41 D-Sec researchers … More →

    newswww.helpnetsecurity.comJan 19, 2023, 12:04 PM
  • Update now! Two critical flaws in Git’s code found, patchedMalwarebytes Labs

    In a sponsored security source code audit, security experts from X41 D-SEC GmbH (Eric Sesterhenn and Markus Vervier) and GitLab (Joern…

    newswww.malwarebytes.comJan 18, 2023, 5:00 PM

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