CVE-2012-4561 is a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting libssh versions prior to 0.5.3. Specifically, several functions in keys.c improperly free an invalid pointer on an error path, which could lead to a crash. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0, indicating a medium severity, and can be exploited remotely with low attack complexity, resulting in a denial of service. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 0.5.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:libssh:libssh:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.4.7CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:libssh:libssh:0.4.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.4.8CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:libssh:libssh:0.4.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.5.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:libssh:libssh:0.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.5.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:libssh:libssh:0.5.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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