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CVE-2008-2573
Stack-based buffer overflow in SFTP in freeSSHd 1.2.1 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code via a long directory…
High8.5EPSS 5.6%
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- mitre
Description
Stack-based buffer overflow in SFTP in freeSSHd 1.2.1 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code via a long directory name in an SSH_FXP_OPENDIR (aka opendir) command.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High8.5 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 5.6% · top 7.1% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 8.5.
Weakness
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (7)
- 20080606 FreeSSHD 1.2.1 (Post Auth) Remote Seh Overflow Exploit (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- ADV-2008-1711 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 1020212 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 5751 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- 5709 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- 30498 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 29453 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
Sources
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- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
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- 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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