CVE Catalog

CVE-2003-1259

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

Buffer overflow in CuteFTP versions 4.2 and 5.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long FTP server banner.

Risk Assessment

Attackers can exploit this vulnerability to remotely crash the application or execute malicious code, posing a serious security threat to the system.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update CuteFTP to the latest version to mitigate this vulnerability and to monitor systems for unauthorized activities.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

Buffer overflow in CuteFTP 4.2 and 5.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long FTP server banner.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS