CVE-2008-4762
HIGH · CVSS 9.0EPSS 14.5%EU EUVD
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 9.0 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-119
- EPSS score
- 14.5% (97th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-4742)
- Published
- October 28, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-4742 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- freesshd / freesshd
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32366(Vendor Advisory)
- 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
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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