CVE-2019-9895Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer in Putty

Severity
9.8CRITICALNVD
EPSS
0.9%
top 24.07%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Timeline
PublishedMar 21
Latest updateMay 14

Description

In PuTTY versions before 0.71 on Unix, a remotely triggerable buffer overflow exists in any kind of server-to-client forwarding.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages3 packages

NVDputty/putty< 0.71
debiandebian/putty< putty 0.70-6 (bookworm)
Debianputty/putty< 0.70-6+3

Also affects: Fedora 28, 29

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-cgq7-vh72-wc5f: In PuTTY versions before 02022-05-14
OSV
CVE-2019-9895: In PuTTY versions before 02019-03-21

📋Vendor Advisories

1
Debian
CVE-2019-9895: putty - In PuTTY versions before 0.71 on Unix, a remotely triggerable buffer overflow ex...2019

💬Community

3
Bugzilla
CVE-2019-9894 CVE-2019-9895 CVE-2019-9898 CVE-2019-9897 putty: multiple vulnerabilities2019-03-19
Bugzilla
CVE-2019-9894 CVE-2019-9895 CVE-2019-9898 CVE-2019-9897 putty: multiple vulnerabilities [epel-all]2019-03-19
Bugzilla
CVE-2019-9894 CVE-2019-9895 CVE-2019-9898 CVE-2019-9897 putty: multiple vulnerabilities [fedora-all]2019-03-19