CVE-1999-0838

Medium

Published: 01/12/1999(UTC)Updated: 16/06/2026(UTC)Translated: 18/06/2026(UTC)NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

High risk

2.46%

82th percentile - higher than 82% of all known CVEs

Buffer overflow in Serv-U FTP 2.5 allows remote users to conduct a denial of service via the SITE command.

An attacker can cause the FTP service to become unavailable, impacting the organization's operational continuity.

It is recommended to upgrade to a newer version of Serv-U FTP to mitigate this vulnerability.

Original NVD description (English source)

Buffer overflow in Serv-U FTP 2.5 allows remote users to conduct a denial of service via the SITE command.