CVE-2024-25003

high

Description

KiTTY versions 0.76.1.13 and before is vulnerable to a stack-based buffer overflow via the hostname, occurs due to insufficient bounds checking and input sanitization. This allows an attacker to overwrite adjacent memory, which leads to arbitrary code execution.

References

https://blog.defcesco.io/CVE-2024-25003-CVE-2024-25004

http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Feb/14

http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Feb/13

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/177032/KiTTY-0.76.1.13-Buffer-Overflows.html

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/177031/KiTTY-0.76.1.13-Command-Injection.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2024-02-09

Updated: 2025-05-08

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00306