CVE Catalog

CVE-2006-1038

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

A buffer overflow vulnerability exists in SecureCRT 5.0.4 and earlier and SecureFX 3.0.4 and earlier when a Unicode string is converted to a narrow string. This flaw may allow a remote attacker to cause an unknown impact.

Risk Assessment

A remote attacker could potentially crash the application or execute arbitrary code, compromising the confidentiality and integrity of data handled by these tools.

Recommendation

Immediately upgrade SecureCRT to a version later than 5.0.4 and SecureFX to a version later than 3.0.4 to mitigate the buffer overflow vulnerability.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

Buffer overflow in SecureCRT 5.0.4 and earlier and SecureFX 3.0.4 and earlier allows remote attackers to have an unknown impact when a Unicode string is converted to a "narrow" string.

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