Integer overflow in PuTTY 0.62 and earlier, WinSCP before 5.1.6, and other products that…
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- — Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
- Attack complexity
- Medium
- Impact type
- Code execution
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Partial · Partial · Partial
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-189 and the CVSS impact.
Summary
Integer overflow in PuTTY 0.62 and earlier, WinSCP before 5.1.6, and other products that use PuTTY allows remote SSH servers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code in certain applications that use PuTTY via a negative size value in an RSA key signature during the SSH handshake, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
CPE configurations NVD · 57
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:winscp:winscp:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | up to 5.1.5 | Vulnerable | Winscp |
| cpe:2.3:a:winscp:winscp:3.7.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 3.7.6 | Vulnerable | Winscp |
| cpe:2.3:a:winscp:winscp:3.8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 3.8.2 | Vulnerable | Winscp |
| cpe:2.3:a:winscp:winscp:3.8_beta:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 3.8_beta | Vulnerable | Winscp |
| cpe:2.3:a:winscp:winscp:4.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 4.0.4 | Vulnerable | Winscp |
| cpe:2.3:a:winscp:winscp:4.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 4.0.5 | Vulnerable | Winscp |
| cpe:2.3:a:winscp:winscp:4.2.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 4.2.6 | Vulnerable | Winscp |
| cpe:2.3:a:winscp:winscp:4.2.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 4.2.7 | Vulnerable | Winscp |
| cpe:2.3:a:winscp:winscp:4.2.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 4.2.8 | Vulnerable | Winscp |
| cpe:2.3:a:winscp:winscp:4.2.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 4.2.9 | Vulnerable | Winscp |
- cpe:2.3:a:winscp:winscp:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 5.1.5 Vulnerable ·Winscp
- cpe:2.3:a:winscp:winscp:3.7.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.7.6 Vulnerable ·Winscp
- cpe:2.3:a:winscp:winscp:3.8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.8.2 Vulnerable ·Winscp
- cpe:2.3:a:winscp:winscp:3.8_beta:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.8_beta Vulnerable ·Winscp
- cpe:2.3:a:winscp:winscp:4.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.0.4 Vulnerable ·Winscp
- cpe:2.3:a:winscp:winscp:4.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.0.5 Vulnerable ·Winscp
- cpe:2.3:a:winscp:winscp:4.2.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.2.6 Vulnerable ·Winscp
- cpe:2.3:a:winscp:winscp:4.2.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.2.7 Vulnerable ·Winscp
- cpe:2.3:a:winscp:winscp:4.2.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.2.8 Vulnerable ·Winscp
- cpe:2.3:a:winscp:winscp:4.2.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.2.9 Vulnerable ·Winscp
Show 47 more CPE
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:winscp:winscp:4.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 4.3.2 | Vulnerable | Winscp |
| cpe:2.3:a:winscp:winscp:4.3.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 4.3.4 | Vulnerable | Winscp |
| cpe:2.3:a:winscp:winscp:4.3.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 4.3.5 | Vulnerable | Winscp |
| cpe:2.3:a:winscp:winscp:4.3.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 4.3.6 | Vulnerable | Winscp |
| cpe:2.3:a:winscp:winscp:4.3.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 4.3.7 | Vulnerable | Winscp |
| cpe:2.3:a:winscp:winscp:4.3.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 4.3.8 | Vulnerable | Winscp |
| cpe:2.3:a:winscp:winscp:4.3.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 4.3.9 | Vulnerable | Winscp |
| cpe:2.3:a:winscp:winscp:4.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 4.4.0 | Vulnerable | Winscp |
| cpe:2.3:a:winscp:winscp:5.0:beta:*:*:*:*:*:* | 5.0 beta | Vulnerable | Winscp |
| cpe:2.3:a:winscp:winscp:5.0.1:beta:*:*:*:*:*:* | 5.0.1 beta | Vulnerable | Winscp |
| cpe:2.3:a:winscp:winscp:5.0.2:beta:*:*:*:*:*:* | 5.0.2 beta | Vulnerable | Winscp |
| cpe:2.3:a:winscp:winscp:5.0.3:beta:*:*:*:*:*:* | 5.0.3 beta | Vulnerable | Winscp |
| cpe:2.3:a:winscp:winscp:5.0.4:beta:*:*:*:*:*:* | 5.0.4 beta | Vulnerable | Winscp |
| cpe:2.3:a:winscp:winscp:5.0.5:beta:*:*:*:*:*:* | 5.0.5 beta | Vulnerable | Winscp |
| cpe:2.3:a:winscp:winscp:5.0.6:beta:*:*:*:*:*:* | 5.0.6 beta | Vulnerable | Winscp |
| cpe:2.3:a:winscp:winscp:5.0.7:beta:*:*:*:*:*:* | 5.0.7 beta | Vulnerable | Winscp |
| cpe:2.3:a:winscp:winscp:5.0.8:rc:*:*:*:*:*:* | 5.0.8 rc | Vulnerable | Winscp |
| cpe:2.3:a:winscp:winscp:5.0.9:rc:*:*:*:*:*:* | 5.0.9 rc | Vulnerable | Winscp |
| cpe:2.3:a:winscp:winscp:5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 5.1 | Vulnerable | Winscp |
| cpe:2.3:a:winscp:winscp:5.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 5.1.1 | Vulnerable | Winscp |
| cpe:2.3:a:winscp:winscp:5.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 5.1.2 | Vulnerable | Winscp |
| cpe:2.3:a:winscp:winscp:5.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 5.1.3 | Vulnerable | Winscp |
| cpe:2.3:a:winscp:winscp:5.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 5.1.4 | Vulnerable | Winscp |
| cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 6.0 | Vulnerable | Debian |
| cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 7.0 | Vulnerable | Debian |
| cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 7.1 | Vulnerable | Debian |
| cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:12.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 12.3 | Vulnerable | openSUSE |
| cpe:2.3:a:putty:putty:0.45:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 0.45 | Vulnerable | PuTTY |
| cpe:2.3:a:putty:putty:0.46:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 0.46 | Vulnerable | PuTTY |
| cpe:2.3:a:putty:putty:0.47:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 0.47 | Vulnerable | PuTTY |
| cpe:2.3:a:putty:putty:0.48:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 0.48 | Vulnerable | PuTTY |
| cpe:2.3:a:putty:putty:0.49:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 0.49 | Vulnerable | PuTTY |
| cpe:2.3:a:putty:putty:0.50:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 0.50 | Vulnerable | PuTTY |
| cpe:2.3:a:putty:putty:0.51:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 0.51 | Vulnerable | PuTTY |
| cpe:2.3:a:putty:putty:0.52:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 0.52 | Vulnerable | PuTTY |
| cpe:2.3:a:putty:putty:0.53b:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 0.53b | Vulnerable | PuTTY |
| cpe:2.3:a:putty:putty:0.54:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 0.54 | Vulnerable | PuTTY |
| cpe:2.3:a:putty:putty:0.55:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 0.55 | Vulnerable | PuTTY |
| cpe:2.3:a:putty:putty:0.56:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 0.56 | Vulnerable | PuTTY |
| cpe:2.3:a:putty:putty:0.57:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 0.57 | Vulnerable | PuTTY |
| cpe:2.3:a:putty:putty:0.58:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 0.58 | Vulnerable | PuTTY |
| cpe:2.3:a:putty:putty:0.59:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 0.59 | Vulnerable | PuTTY |
| cpe:2.3:a:putty:putty:0.60:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 0.60 | Vulnerable | PuTTY |
| cpe:2.3:a:putty:putty:0.61:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 0.61 | Vulnerable | PuTTY |
| cpe:2.3:a:putty:putty:2010-06-01:r8967:*:*:development_snapshot:*:*:* | 2010-06-01 r8967 | Vulnerable | PuTTY |
| cpe:2.3:a:simon_tatham:putty:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | up to 0.62 | Vulnerable | Simon Tatham |
| cpe:2.3:a:simon_tatham:putty:0.53:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 0.53 | Vulnerable | Simon Tatham |
- cpe:2.3:a:winscp:winscp:4.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.3.2 Vulnerable ·Winscp
- cpe:2.3:a:winscp:winscp:4.3.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.3.4 Vulnerable ·Winscp
- cpe:2.3:a:winscp:winscp:4.3.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.3.5 Vulnerable ·Winscp
- cpe:2.3:a:winscp:winscp:4.3.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.3.6 Vulnerable ·Winscp
- cpe:2.3:a:winscp:winscp:4.3.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.3.7 Vulnerable ·Winscp
- cpe:2.3:a:winscp:winscp:4.3.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.3.8 Vulnerable ·Winscp
- cpe:2.3:a:winscp:winscp:4.3.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.3.9 Vulnerable ·Winscp
- cpe:2.3:a:winscp:winscp:4.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.4.0 Vulnerable ·Winscp
- cpe:2.3:a:winscp:winscp:5.0:beta:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.0 beta Vulnerable ·Winscp
- cpe:2.3:a:winscp:winscp:5.0.1:beta:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.0.1 beta Vulnerable ·Winscp
- cpe:2.3:a:winscp:winscp:5.0.2:beta:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.0.2 beta Vulnerable ·Winscp
- cpe:2.3:a:winscp:winscp:5.0.3:beta:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.0.3 beta Vulnerable ·Winscp
- cpe:2.3:a:winscp:winscp:5.0.4:beta:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.0.4 beta Vulnerable ·Winscp
- cpe:2.3:a:winscp:winscp:5.0.5:beta:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.0.5 beta Vulnerable ·Winscp
- cpe:2.3:a:winscp:winscp:5.0.6:beta:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.0.6 beta Vulnerable ·Winscp
- cpe:2.3:a:winscp:winscp:5.0.7:beta:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.0.7 beta Vulnerable ·Winscp
- cpe:2.3:a:winscp:winscp:5.0.8:rc:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.0.8 rc Vulnerable ·Winscp
- cpe:2.3:a:winscp:winscp:5.0.9:rc:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.0.9 rc Vulnerable ·Winscp
- cpe:2.3:a:winscp:winscp:5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.1 Vulnerable ·Winscp
- cpe:2.3:a:winscp:winscp:5.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.1.1 Vulnerable ·Winscp
- cpe:2.3:a:winscp:winscp:5.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.1.2 Vulnerable ·Winscp
- cpe:2.3:a:winscp:winscp:5.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.1.3 Vulnerable ·Winscp
- cpe:2.3:a:winscp:winscp:5.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.1.4 Vulnerable ·Winscp
- cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 6.0 Vulnerable ·Debian
- cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 7.0 Vulnerable ·Debian
- cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 7.1 Vulnerable ·Debian
- cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:12.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 12.3 Vulnerable ·openSUSE
- cpe:2.3:a:putty:putty:0.45:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.45 Vulnerable ·PuTTY
- cpe:2.3:a:putty:putty:0.46:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.46 Vulnerable ·PuTTY
- cpe:2.3:a:putty:putty:0.47:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.47 Vulnerable ·PuTTY
- cpe:2.3:a:putty:putty:0.48:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.48 Vulnerable ·PuTTY
- cpe:2.3:a:putty:putty:0.49:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.49 Vulnerable ·PuTTY
- cpe:2.3:a:putty:putty:0.50:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.50 Vulnerable ·PuTTY
- cpe:2.3:a:putty:putty:0.51:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.51 Vulnerable ·PuTTY
- cpe:2.3:a:putty:putty:0.52:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.52 Vulnerable ·PuTTY
- cpe:2.3:a:putty:putty:0.53b:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.53b Vulnerable ·PuTTY
- cpe:2.3:a:putty:putty:0.54:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.54 Vulnerable ·PuTTY
- cpe:2.3:a:putty:putty:0.55:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.55 Vulnerable ·PuTTY
- cpe:2.3:a:putty:putty:0.56:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.56 Vulnerable ·PuTTY
- cpe:2.3:a:putty:putty:0.57:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.57 Vulnerable ·PuTTY
- cpe:2.3:a:putty:putty:0.58:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.58 Vulnerable ·PuTTY
- cpe:2.3:a:putty:putty:0.59:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.59 Vulnerable ·PuTTY
- cpe:2.3:a:putty:putty:0.60:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.60 Vulnerable ·PuTTY
- cpe:2.3:a:putty:putty:0.61:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.61 Vulnerable ·PuTTY
- cpe:2.3:a:putty:putty:2010-06-01:r8967:*:*:development_snapshot:*:*:* Versions 2010-06-01 r8967 Vulnerable ·PuTTY
- cpe:2.3:a:simon_tatham:putty:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 0.62 Vulnerable ·Simon Tatham
- cpe:2.3:a:simon_tatham:putty:0.53:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.53 Vulnerable ·Simon Tatham
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Vendor assessments
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2013-4852
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-x52x-v8xm-9r9j
References
Advisory 4
Sources
- CVE-2013-4852 · CVE Program
- CVE-2013-4852 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-x52x-v8xm-9r9j · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2013-4852 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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