Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Nov 30, 2007· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2007-6181
CVE-2007-6181
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.
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References
6- cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-developers/2007-11/msg00005.htmlnvdExploitPatchVendor Advisory
- cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-developers/2007-11/msg00024.htmlnvdExploitVendor Advisory
- cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-developers/2007-11/msg00026.htmlnvdVendor Advisory
- securityreason.com/securityalert/3406nvdThird Party Advisory
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/484153/100/0/threadednvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/26557nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
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