7.5

CVE-2012-6063: libssh Resource Management Errors

CVSS: 7.5v2.0HighModified
AliasesDEBIAN-CVE-2012-6063
Published 30-11-2012Last modified 06-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2012-6063 is a high (CVSS 7.5) Resource Management Errors vulnerability in libssh. EPSS estimates a 3.58% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 89.2% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
31/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.5/10
010
High · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
3.58%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 1
DSA-2577-1

Timeline

  1. 30-11-2012
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 06-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

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.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

3.58%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

89%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 3.58% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
3.58%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Debian1 product
  • libssh< 0.5.3-1
Libssh1 product
  • libssh≤ 0.5.2 | 0.4.7 | 0.4.8 | 0.5.0 | 0.5.0:rc1 | 0.5.1

2 vendors · 2 products

References

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