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CVE-2007-6181

HIGH · CVSS 8.5 EPSS 5.59%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2007-11-30 · Last synced 2026-08-04

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CVE
CVE-2007-6181
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
8.5
EPSS
5.59%

Original NVD Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in cygwin1.dll in Cygwin 1.5.7 and earlier allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via a filename with a certain length, as demonstrated by a remote authenticated user who uses the SCP protocol to send a file to the Cygwin machine, and thereby causes scp.exe on this machine to execute, and then overwrite heap memory with characters from the filename. NOTE: it is also reported that a related issue might exist in 1.5.7 through 1.5.19.