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CVE-2017-6542
CRITICAL · CVSS 9.8
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2017-03-27T17:59:00.850 · Last modified 2026-06-17T01:22:32.247

Summary

The ssh_agent_channel_data function in PuTTY before 0.68 allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact via a large length value in an agent protocol message and leveraging the ability to connect to the Unix-domain socket representing the forwarded agent connection, which trigger a buffer overflow.

Affected products

putty — putty

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References

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