Vulnerability in Putty

CVE-2004-1008

Integer signedness error in the ssh2_rdpkt function in PuTTY before 0.56 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a SSH2_MSG_DEBUG packet with a modified stringlen parameter, which leads to a buffer overflow.

EPSS: 0.074 (93.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

  • Putty — versions 0.48, 0.49, 0.50
  • Tortoisecvs — versions 1.8
  • N/a — versions n/a

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2004-1008?
CVE-2004-1008 is a vulnerability in Putty. Published 2005-01-10.
Is CVE-2004-1008 known to be exploited?
2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.