CVE-2007-6181

N/A
Published: November 30, 2007 at 12:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:47 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorCygwin

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 6%

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in cygwin1.dll in Cygwin 1.5.7 and earlier allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via a filename with a certain length, as demonstrated by a remote authenticated user who uses the SCP protocol to send a file to the Cygwin machine, and thereby causes scp.exe on this machine to execute, and then overwrite heap memory with characters from the filename. NOTE: it is also reported that a related issue might exist in 1.5.7 through 1.5.19.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v ≤ 1.5.19

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

References (6)

Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTExploitPatchVendor Advisory
http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-developers/2007-11/msg00005.html
Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTExploitVendor Advisory
http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-developers/2007-11/msg00024.html
Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTVendor Advisory
http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-developers/2007-11/msg00026.html
Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SREASON
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3406
Mailing Listx_refsource_BUGTRAQThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/484153/100/0/threaded
VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26557

CVSS

Confidentiality
COMPLETE
Integrity
COMPLETE
Availability
COMPLETE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-119

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