KiTTY up to 0.76.1.13 Username stack-based overflow

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability labeled as critical has been found in KiTTY up to 0.76.1.13. This impacts an unknown function. The manipulation of the argument Username results in stack-based overflow. This vulnerability is cataloged as CVE-2024-25004. Furthermore, there is an exploit available.

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A vulnerability was found in KiTTY up to 0.76.1.13. It has been classified as critical. Affected is an unknown part. The manipulation of the argument username with an unknown input leads to a stack-based overflow vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-121. A stack-based buffer overflow condition is a condition where the buffer being overwritten is allocated on the stack (i.e., is a local variable or, rarely, a parameter to a function). This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

KiTTY versions 0.76.1.13 and before is vulnerable to a stack-based buffer overflow via the username, occurs due to insufficient bounds checking and input sanitization (at line 2600). This allows an attacker to overwrite adjacent memory, which leads to arbitrary code execution.

The weakness was shared 02/09/2024 as 177032. The advisory is shared for download at packetstormsecurity.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2024-25004 since 02/02/2024. Technical details and a public exploit are known.

The exploit is shared for download at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Exploit-DB (51891). Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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• KiTTY

Version

• 0.76.1.0
• 0.76.1.1
• 0.76.1.2
• 0.76.1.3
• 0.76.1.4
• 0.76.1.5
• 0.76.1.6
• 0.76.1.7
• 0.76.1.8
• 0.76.1.9
• 0.76.1.10
• 0.76.1.11
• 0.76.1.12
• 0.76.1.13

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