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.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 10.0 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.074 (94.2th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 94th percentile — 94.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.074 · newest: 0.074 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Putty — versions 0.48, 0.49, 0.50
- Tortoisecvs — versions 1.8
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss
- secunia.com/advisories/13012/ (third-party-advisory)
- www.idefense.com/application/poi/display (third-party-advisory)
- www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17886 (vdb-entry)
- secunia.com/advisories/12987/ (third-party-advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/11549 (Patch, vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)
- marc.info/ (mailing-list)
- www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss
- secunia.com/advisories/17214 (third-party-advisory)
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.