CVE-1999-0880

Medium

Published: 01/10/1999(UTC)Updated: 16/06/2026(UTC)Translated: 18/06/2026(UTC)NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Elevated risk

1.36%

68th percentile - higher than 68% of all known CVEs

CVE-1999-0880 affects WU-FTPD, where the SITE NEWER command improperly manages memory, leading to a denial of service.

An attacker can exploit this vulnerability to disrupt the FTP service, potentially causing downtime in data access.

It is recommended to update WU-FTPD to the latest version to mitigate this vulnerability and to monitor logs for potential attack attempts.

Original NVD description (English source)

Denial of service in WU-FTPD via the SITE NEWER command, which does not free memory properly.