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CVE-2024-25003

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2024-02-09 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-787

Description

KiTTY versions 0.76.1.13 and before is vulnerable to a stack-based buffer overflow via the hostname, occurs due to insufficient bounds checking and input sanitization. This allows an attacker to overwrite adjacent memory, which leads to arbitrary code execution.

Affected products

• 9Bis Kitty: through 0.76.1.13

References

• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/177031/KiTTY-0.76.1.13-Command-Injection.html
• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/177032/KiTTY-0.76.1.13-Buffer-Overflows.html
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Feb/13
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Feb/14
• https://blog.defcesco.io/CVE-2024-25003-CVE-2024-25004
• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/177031/KiTTY-0.76.1.13-Command-Injection.html
• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/177032/KiTTY-0.76.1.13-Buffer-Overflows.html
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Feb/13
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Feb/14
• https://blog.defcesco.io/CVE-2024-25003-CVE-2024-25004

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