CVE Catalog

CVE-2005-0467

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

Multiple integer overflows in the sftp_pkt_getstring and fxp_readdir_recv functions in the PSFTP and PSCP clients for PuTTY 0.56 and earlier allow remote malicious web sites to execute arbitrary code via SFTP responses that corrupt the heap after insufficient memory allocation.

Risk Assessment

An attacker can remotely execute arbitrary code on the victim's machine, leading to full system compromise, data theft, or malware installation.

Recommendation

Immediately update PuTTY to a version later than 0.56, which includes fixes for these vulnerabilities. Avoid connecting to untrusted SFTP servers with older client versions.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

Multiple integer overflows in the (1) sftp_pkt_getstring and (2) fxp_readdir_recv functions in the PSFTP and PSCP clients for PuTTY 0.56, and possibly earlier versions, allow remote malicious web sites to execute arbitrary code via SFTP responses that corrupt the heap after insufficient memory has been allocated.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS