CVE-2012-5106 describes a critical stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability in FreeFloat FTP Server 1.0. This flaw allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code by sending an excessively long string within a PUT command. With a CVSS score of 10.0, it represents a severe risk, enabling complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability with low attack complexity. While not actively exploited in the wild (not in KEV), public exploit code exists on ExploitDB, and its EPSS score indicates a higher than average likelihood of exploitation. Despite its severity, there is minimal community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
1.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:freefloat:freefloat_ftp_server:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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.