Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Nov 30, 2012· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2012-6063
CVE-2012-6063
Description
Double free vulnerability in the sftp_mkdir function in sftp.c in libssh before 0.5.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors, a different vector than CVE-2012-4559.
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7cpe:2.3:a:libssh:libssh:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 6 more
- cpe:2.3:a:libssh:libssh:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <=0.5.2
- cpe:2.3:a:libssh:libssh:0.4.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:libssh:libssh:0.4.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:libssh:libssh:0.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:libssh:libssh:0.5.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:libssh:libssh:0.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: <0.5.3
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