Vulnerability in Putty
CVE-2005-0467
Multiple integer overflows in the (1) sftp_pkt_getstring and (2) fxp_readdir_recv functions in the PSFTP and PSCP clients for PuTTY 0.56, and possibly earlier versions, allow remote malicious web sites to execute arbitrary code via SFTP responses that corrupt the heap after insufficient memory has been allocated.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.038 (89.5th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 90th percentile — 89.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.038 · newest: 0.038 · change: 0.000
Affected products
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/19403 (vdb-entry)
- www.idefense.com/application/poi/display (Patch, Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/14333 (Patch, Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200502-28.xml (vendor-advisory, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss
- www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/wishlist/vuln-sftp-readdir.html (Vendor Advisory)
- www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/wishlist/vuln-sftp-string.html (Vendor Advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/17214 (third-party-advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2005-0467?
- CVE-2005-0467 is a vulnerability in Putty. Published 2005-02-21.
- Is CVE-2005-0467 known to be exploited?
- 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.