CVE-2008-4762
Stack-based buffer overflow in freeSSHd 1.2.1 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (service crash) and…
- 9.0HighCVSS base score
- 14.5%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 3.3% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 2Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Stack-based buffer overflow in freeSSHd 1.2.1 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (service crash) and potentially execute arbitrary code via a long argument to the (1) rename and (2) realpath parameters.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list 2 Exploit-DB entries for it. 2 references of the record are tagged as an exploit.
Show the exploits4
Exploit-DB2 entries
- freeSSHd 1.2.1 - (Authenticated) SFTP 'rename' Remote Buffer Overflow (PoC) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 6800dos, windowspublished 22 Oct 2008Verified
- freeSSHd 1.2.1 - (Authenticated) SFTP 'realpath' Remote Buffer Overflow (PoC) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 6812dos, windowspublished 22 Oct 2008Verified
References tagged exploit2 references
- 6812 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- 6800 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
Modules, templates and exploits as listed by the Metasploit Framework (BSD-3-Clause), ProjectDiscovery's Nuclei templates (MIT) and the Exploit Database (GPLv2), read once a day. Where the data comes from
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 1 day later
· 1 day later
Published
- 16 years later
· 16 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 | High9.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 14.5% · top 3.3% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 9.0.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
9
- 1021096 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 32366 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 31872 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 4515 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONx_transferred
- 20081022 freeSSHd (stf - rename) Buffer Overflow Vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 6812 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- freesshd-rename-realpath-dos(46046) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- ADV-2008-2897 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 6800 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_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-2008-4742 (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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