Buffer overflow in Dropbear server before 0.47 allows authenticated users to execute arbitrary code via unspecified inputs that cause…

Description

Buffer overflow in Dropbear server before 0.47 allows authenticated users to execute arbitrary code via unspecified inputs that cause insufficient memory to be allocated due to an incorrect expression that does not enforce the proper order of operations.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

3.4% · top 11% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.5.

Weakness

• n/a

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (9)

• 18142 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 15923 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• [dropbear] 20051211 Dropbear 0.47 (and security fix) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• 18109 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• GLSA-200512-13 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
• DSA-923 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
• 18108 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• http://matt.ucc.asn.au/dropbear/dropbear.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• ADV-2005-2962 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

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Record last updated 7 Aug 2024, 23:38 UTC.