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CVE-2008-4762

HIGH · CVSS 9 EPSS 14.50% Public Exploit

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2008-10-28 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a high severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 9.0. Public exploit code or proof-of-concept references have been detected in its references. Its EPSS score suggests a 14.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days. It may be remotely exploitable. Exploitation may require the attacker to be authenticated. It may lead to a denial-of-service condition.

Public Exploit Signal

A public exploit, PoC, GitHub repository or Metasploit reference was detected for this CVE.

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CVE
CVE-2008-4762
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
9
EPSS
14.50%

Original NVD Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in freeSSHd 1.2.1 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (service crash) and potentially execute arbitrary code via a long argument to the (1) rename and (2) realpath parameters.