Is CVE-2008-6899 being actively exploited?

CVE-2008-6899 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2008-6899?

CVE-2008-6899 has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 9.0 (HIGH).

CVE-2008-6899

HIGH · CVSS 9.0EPSS 5.3%EU EUVD

Multiple buffer overflows in freeSSHd 1.2.1 allow remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (crash) and execute arbitrary code via a long (1) open, (2) unlink, (3) mkdir, (4) rmdir, or (5) stat SFTP command.

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: 5.3% (93th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2008-6859)
Published: August 5, 2009
NVD last modified: June 16, 2026
Status: Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-6859 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

freesshd / freesshd

References

Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS

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