CVE-2005-0467
HIGHEPSS 89th pctlDescription
Multiple integer overflows in the (1) sftp_pkt_getstring and (2) fxp_readdir_recv functions in the PSFTP and PSCP clients for PuTTY 0.56, and possibly earlier versions, allow remote malicious web sites to execute arbitrary code via SFTP responses that corrupt the heap after insufficient memory has been allocated.
How to fix
Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.
CVSS v2 Vector
No CVSS vector data available.
Exploit Intelligence
Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 89% of all known CVEs.
References
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