CVE-2006-0477

Buffer overflow in git-checkout-index in GIT before 1.1.5 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an index file with a long symbolic link.

Published: 2006-01-31 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2006-0477 is rated Moderate Risk (56.7/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 3.18%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-0477

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 6.72% 3.18% -3.54%
2 2025-03-30 4.56% 6.72% +2.16%
3 2025-03-29 — 4.56% —

Full EPSS history (9 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-0477

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 10.0 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2006-0477

OS Trackers for CVE-2006-0477

vendor priority summary link
ubuntu medium CVE-2006-0477 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (git-core), 4 status rows across 4 suites (dapper, edgy, feisty, upstream): not-affected 2, released 2. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2006-0477

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-0477

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
git git 1.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:git:git:1.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
git git 1.0.0b cpe:2.3:a:git:git:1.0.0b:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
git git 1.0.3 cpe:2.3:a:git:git:1.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
git git 1.0.4 cpe:2.3:a:git:git:1.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
git git 1.0.5 cpe:2.3:a:git:git:1.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
git git 1.0.6 cpe:2.3:a:git:git:1.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
git git 1.0.7 cpe:2.3:a:git:git:1.0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
git git 1.0.8 cpe:2.3:a:git:git:1.0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
git git 1.1.0 cpe:2.3:a:git:git:1.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
git git 1.1.1 cpe:2.3:a:git:git:1.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
git git 1.1.2 cpe:2.3:a:git:git:1.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
git git 1.1.3 cpe:2.3:a:git:git:1.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
git git 1.1.4 cpe:2.3:a:git:git:1.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-0477

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