CVE-2024-25004

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 username, occurs due to insufficient bounds checking and input sanitization (at line 2600). 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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