Unscored severity · published Nov 30, 2012
CVE-2012-6063
Double free vulnerability in the sftp_mkdir function in sftp.c in libssh before 0.5.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary…
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CVSS
3.6%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Double free vulnerability in the sftp_mkdir function in sftp.c in libssh before 0.5.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors, a different vector than CVE-2012-4559.
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)3.6% · higher than 89% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
LI
Libssh · Libssh
through 0.5.2; 0.4.7; 0.4.8; 0.5.0; 0.5.0; 0.5.1 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-6063
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-6063
git.libssh.org
http://git.libssh.org/projects/libssh.git/commit/?h=v0-5&id=4d8420f3282ed07fc99fc5e930c17df27ef1e9b2
www.debian.org
http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2577
Vendor Advisory
http://www.libssh.org/2012/11/20/libssh-0-5-3-security-release/
bugzilla.redhat.com
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=871612
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