CVE-2024-25003 (GCVE-0-2024-25003)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-02-09 00:00 – Updated: 2025-05-08 18:38
VLAI
Summary
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.
Severity
7.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: poc Automatable: no Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
  • n/a
  • CWE-787 - Out-of-bounds Write
Assigner
References
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