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CVE-2010-20049

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2010-20049 describes a critical stack-based buffer overflow in LeapFTP versions prior to 3.1.x. This vulnerability allows a malicious FTP server to execute arbitrary code on a victim's machine by sending a directory listing with an overly long filename, which overwrites the Structured Exception Handler. With a CVSS score of 9.3 (CRITICAL) and an EPSS score indicating high exploitability, the potential impact includes complete compromise of the affected system. Exploit code is publicly available via Metasploit, and the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion, though it is not currently listed on the KEV catalog.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
LeapWareLeapFTP
>= 0, < 3.1.*CNA affecteddefault unaffected

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 4.0

9.3CRITICAL

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Attack Requirements
NONE
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
VS Confidentiality
HIGH
VS Integrity
HIGH
VS Availability
HIGH
SS Confidentiality
NONE
SS Integrity
NONE
SS Availability
NONE
Exploit Maturity
NOT_DEFINED
CvssVersion
4.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.80%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
52.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
Metasploit: LeapFTP 3.0.1 Stack Buffer Overflow · Oct 12, 2010
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0080 is in the 36th percentile among its peer group of 36,897 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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.

Media 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

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

raw.githubusercontent.com / rapid7/metasploit-framework/master/modules/exploits/windows/ftp/leapftp_list_reply.rb
web.archive.org / web/20111013232627/http://www.leapware.com
web.archive.org / web/20111016194057/https://www.corelan.be/index.php/2010/10/12/death-of-an-ftp-client
exploit-db.com / exploits/16704
vulncheck.com / advisories/leapftp-stack-buffer-overflow