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CVE-2008-4572in critical feed1 exploit

GuildFTPd 0.999.14, and possibly other versions, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrar…

Published 18 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON

CVSS
10.0
v2.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
60.7%
percentile 99%
Public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

GuildFTPd 0.999.14, and possibly other versions, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via long arguments to the CWD and LIST commands, which triggers heap corruption related to an improper free call, and possibly triggering a heap-based buffer overflow.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

60.69% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 99% of all scored CVEs.

Exploits and detections

  • EDB-6738 GuildFTPd 0.999.8.11/0.999.14 - Heap Corruption (PoC) / Denial of Service · dos · 2008-10-12

CVSS scores

Assigned byVersionScoreVector
NVD2.010.0AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

  • securityfocus.com /bid/31729 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, x_transferred
  • secunia.com /advisories/32218 · third-party-advisory, x_refsource_SECUNIA, x_transferred
  • vupen.com /english/advisories/2008/2794 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_VUPEN, x_transferred
  • exploit-db.com /exploits/6738 · exploit, x_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB, x_transferred
  • exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com /vulnerabilities/45818 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF, x_transferred
  • securityreason.com /securityalert/4422 · third-party-advisory, x_refsource_SREASON, x_transferred

Sources

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