CVE-2005-3683 describes a stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability in freeFTPd versions prior to 1.0.9 when logging is enabled. This flaw allows unauthenticated remote attackers to trigger a denial of service by sending an excessively long USER command, with the potential for arbitrary code execution. The vulnerability carries a high severity CVSS score of 7.5, indicating it can be exploited over the network with low complexity and no authentication. While not on the CISA KEV catalog, exploit modules are readily available in Metasploit and ExploitDB, though there is minimal community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
1.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:freeftpd:freeftpd:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:freeftpd:freeftpd:1.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:freeftpd:freeftpd:1.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.0.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:freeftpd:freeftpd:1.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.0.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:freeftpd:freeftpd:1.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.