CVE-2020-19596 is a critical buffer overflow vulnerability affecting Core FTP Server v1.2 Build 583, exploitable through a specially crafted username. With a CVSS score of 9.8, this vulnerability allows for unauthenticated remote attackers to achieve high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its critical severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage. The vulnerability is not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, indicating a low likelihood of widespread exploitation.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
1.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:coreftp:core_ftp:1.2:build_583:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.