CVE-2008-4762

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 14.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2008-10-28 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in freeSSHd 1.2.1 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (service crash) and potentially execute arbitrary code via a long argument to the (1) rename and (2) realpath parameters.

Affected products

freeSSHd: 1.2.1

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/32366
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4515
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/497746/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31872
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021096
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2897
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46046
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6800
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6812
http://secunia.com/advisories/32366
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4515
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/497746/100/0/threaded

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