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FreeBSD: mercurial -- multiple vulnerabilities (Multiple CVEs)

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Mar 29, 2016
Added
Mar 30, 2016
Modified
Jul 28, 2025

Description

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.

Solution

freebsd-upgrade-package-mercurial
Title
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