Resource exhaustion in Microsoft Windows
CVE-2019-17067
PuTTY before 0.73 on Windows improperly opens port-forwarding listening sockets, which allows attackers to listen on the same port to steal an incoming connection.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.016 (75.5th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 75th percentile — 75.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.016 · newest: 0.016 · change: 0.000
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- lists.tartarus.org/pipermail/putty-announce/2019/000029.html (Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20191127-0003/
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2019-17067?
- CVE-2019-17067 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Microsoft Windows, classified under Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2019-10-01.
- How severe is CVE-2019-17067?
- Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2019-17067 known to be exploited?
- 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.