THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2005-4178
MEDIUM SEVERITY

CVE-2005-4178

Dropbear Ssh vulnerability

CVSS
6.5
EPSS
3.4%
EPSS pct
88th
Exploited
No known
Buffer overflow in Dropbear server before 0.47 allows authenticated users to execute arbitrary code via unspecified inputs that cause insufficient memory to be allocated due to an incorrect expression that does not enforce the proper order of operations.
Affected vendor
Dropbear Ssh Project
Affected product
Dropbear Ssh
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
Published
2005-12-12

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring single-factor authentication. Successful exploitation leads to partial impact to confidentiality, partial impact to integrity, partial impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 3.4% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 88% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2005-4178

  • Confirm whether Dropbear Ssh Project Dropbear Ssh is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2005-4178.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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