CVE-2024-25004 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

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.

Published: 2024-02-09

Score: 7.8 High

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:9bis:kitty:*:*:*:*:*:windows:*:*

No data.

No data available yet.

Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00612.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

References

Link	Providers
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/177031/KiTTY-0.76.1.13-Command-Injection.html
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/177032/KiTTY-0.76.1.13-Buffer-Overflows.html
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Feb/13
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Feb/14
https://blog.defcesco.io/CVE-2024-25003-CVE-2024-25004

History

Thu, 15 May 2025 20:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

9bis Kitty

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2024-02-09T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-05-15T19:40:29.040Z

Reserved: 2024-02-02T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2024-25004

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-01T23:36:21.483Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2024-02-09T07:16:00.930

Modified: 2025-05-15T20:15:48.197

Link: CVE-2024-25004

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-787

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