CVE-2016-3630: Mercurial arbitrary code execution vulnerability
(updated )
The binary delta decoder in Mercurial before 3.7.3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a (1) clone, (2) push, or (3) pull command, related to (a) a list sizing rounding error and (b) short records.
References
- github.com/advisories/GHSA-9vjf-jjcq-3gh7
- github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/mercurial/PYSEC-2016-29.yaml
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-3630
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-19
- selenic.com/repo/hg-stable/rev/b6ed2505d6cf
- selenic.com/repo/hg-stable/rev/b9714d958e89
- www.mercurial-scm.org/wiki/WhatsNew
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