- Description
- Heap-based buffer overflow in cygwin1.dll in Cygwin 1.5.7 and earlier allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via a filename with a certain length, as demonstrated by a remote authenticated user who uses the SCP protocol to send a file to the Cygwin machine, and thereby causes scp.exe on this machine to execute, and then overwrite heap memory with characters from the filename. NOTE: it is also reported that a related issue might exist in 1.5.7 through 1.5.19.
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
- NVD status
- Deferred
CVSS 2.0
- Type
- Primary
- Base score
- 8.5
- Impact score
- 10
- Exploitability score
- 6.8
- Vector string
- AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
- nvd@nist.gov
- CWE-119
- Hype score
- Not currently trending
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