CVE-2008-2573

Severity: high (CVSS 8.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 5.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2008-06-06 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in SFTP in freeSSHd 1.2.1 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code via a long directory name in an SSH_FXP_OPENDIR (aka opendir) command.

Affected products

freeSSHd: 1.2.1

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/30498
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/493180/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29453
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020212
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1711/references
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5709
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5751
http://secunia.com/advisories/30498
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/493180/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29453
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020212
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1711/references

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