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Vulnerability details: VCID-y3uw-f72u-5qes
Vulnerability ID VCID-y3uw-f72u-5qes
Aliases CVE-2017-15298
Summary git: Mishandling layers of tree objects
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 5.0
Risk 2.5
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (1)
CWE-400 Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
System Score Found at
cvssv3 3.3 https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2017-15298.json
epss 0.00446 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-15298
epss 0.00446 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-15298
epss 0.00446 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-15298
epss 0.00446 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-15298
epss 0.00446 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-15298
epss 0.00446 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-15298
epss 0.00446 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-15298
epss 0.00446 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-15298
epss 0.00446 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-15298
epss 0.00446 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-15298
cvssv2 2.6 https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
cvssv3 6.5 https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
cvssv2 4.3 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-15298
cvssv3 5.5 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-15298
Reference id Reference type URL
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-05/msg00003.html
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2017-15298.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-15298
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-15298
https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
https://github.com/Katee/git-bomb
https://kate.io/blog/git-bomb/
1510455 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1510455
cpe:2.3:a:git-scm:git:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:git-scm:git:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CVE-2017-15298 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-15298
USN-3829-1 https://usn.ubuntu.com/3829-1/
No exploits are available.
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L Found at https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2017-15298.json
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

low

high

none

low

high

none

required

unchanged

changed

high

low

none

high

low

none

high

low

none
Vector: AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P Found at https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
Exploitability (E) Access Vector (AV) Access Complexity (AC) Authentication (Au) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

high

functional

unproven

proof_of_concept

not_defined

local

adjacent_network

network

high

medium

low

multiple

single

none

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

low

high

none

low

high

none

required

unchanged

changed

high

low

none

high

low

none

high

low

none
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-15298
Exploitability (E) Access Vector (AV) Access Complexity (AC) Authentication (Au) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

high

functional

unproven

proof_of_concept

not_defined

local

adjacent_network

network

high

medium

low

multiple

single

none

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-15298
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

low

high

none

low

high

none

required

unchanged

changed

high

low

none

high

low

none

high

low

none
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.63381
EPSS Score 0.00446
Published At April 1, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-04-01T14:27:27.578328+00:00 RedHat Importer Import https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2017-15298.json 38.0.0