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High
CVE-2012-6063
Double free vulnerability in the sftp_mkdir function in sftp.c in...
Vulnerability 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.
Impact Analysis
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Remediation
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Credits & Attribution
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Affected Vendor
libssh
View all reports →Affected Software
libssh
Vulnerable Versions:
0, 0.4.7, 0.4.8, 0.5.0, 0.5.1
Timeline
Official Publish:
November 30th, 2012
Last Modified:
August 6th, 2024
Added to House:
July 19th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.