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CVE-2008-6899
Multiple buffer overflows in freeSSHd 1.2.1 allow remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (crash) and execute arbitrary…
High9.0EPSS 5.3%
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- mitre
Description
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High9.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 5.3% · top 7.4% 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 9.0.
Weakness
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (4)
- freesshd-open-bo(52434) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 32972 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://www.bmgsec.com.au/advisories/freeSSHd-bof.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 20081222 FreeSSHd Multiple Remote Stack Overflow Vulnerabilities (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_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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