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critical 9.0

CVE-2008-4762 in the critical feed json

Stack-based buffer overflow in freeSSHd 1.2.1 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (service crash) and potentiall…

published 2008-10-28 18 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2008-4742

cvss
9.0
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
14.5%
EPSS 14.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 96%
public exploits
2
Exploit-DB

Summary

Stack-based buffer overflow in freeSSHd 1.2.1 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (service crash) and potentially execute arbitrary code via a long argument to the (1) rename and (2) realpath parameters.

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-6812)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

14.50% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 96% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-6812 freeSSHd 1.2.1 - (Authenticated) SFTP 'realpath' Remote Buffer Overflow (PoC) dos, 2008-10-22
  • EDB-6800 freeSSHd 1.2.1 - (Authenticated) SFTP 'rename' Remote Buffer Overflow (PoC) dos, 2008-10-22

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 9.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

Sources

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