Cygwin Filename Filename Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Cygwin is prone to a buffer-overflow vulnerability.

An attacker can exploit this issue to overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary machine-code in the context of the vulnerable application. This may facilitate a compromise of the vulnerable computer.

This issue affects Cygwin 1.5.7 and earlier; other versions may also be vulnerable.


 

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