CVE-2012-6063
highpriority · track · 31EPSS 0.036 · 89 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-28
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.
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Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 6.4–7.5
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affected products (6)
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also known as (3)
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references (11)
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- http://git.libssh.org/projects/libssh.git/commit/?h=v0-5&id=4d8420f3282ed07fc99fc5e930c17df27ef1e9b2cnnvd
- http://www.libssh.org/2012/11/20/libssh-0-5-3-security-release/cnnvd
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=871612cnnvd
- http://git.libssh.org/projects/libssh.git/commit/?h=v0-5&id=4d8420f3282ed07fc99fc5e930c17df27ef1e9b2enisa_euvd
- http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2577enisa_euvd
- http://www.libssh.org/2012/11/20/libssh-0-5-3-security-release/enisa_euvd
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=871612enisa_euvd
- http://git.libssh.org/projects/libssh.git/commit/?h=v0-5&id=4d8420f3282ed07fc99fc5e930c17df27ef1e9b2nvd
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