CVE-2024-25004 (GCVE-0-2024-25004)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-02-09 00:00 – Updated: 2025-05-15 19:40
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Summary
KiTTY versions 0.76.1.13 and before is vulnerable to a stack-based buffer overflow via the username, occurs due to insufficient bounds checking and input sanitization (at line 2600). 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
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