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CVE-2005-0467
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,…
- 7.5HighCVSS base score
- 3.8%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 10% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
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.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 3 days later
· 3 days later
Published
- 19 years later
· 19 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 3.8% · top 10% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
9
- http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ssg1S1002414 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- putty-sftppktgetstring-bo(19403) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 20050221 Multiple PuTTY SFTP Client Packet Parsing Integer Overflow Vulnerabilities (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_IDEFENSEx_transferred
- 14333 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- GLSA-200502-28 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ssg1S1002416 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/wishlist/vuln-sftp-readdir.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/wishlist/vuln-sftp-string.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 17214 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_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)
- EUVD EUVD-2005-0468 (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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