What is CVE-2008-4572?

CVE-2008-4572 is a vulnerability in Guildftpd, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. Published 2008-10-15.

Is CVE-2008-4572 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Buffer overflow in Guildftpd

CVE-2008-4572

GuildFTPd 0.999.14, and possibly other versions, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via long arguments to the CWD and LIST commands, which triggers heap corruption related to an…

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.607 (99.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

Guildftpd — versions 0.999.14
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

Public proof-of-concept exploits

rapid7/metasploit-framework

References

cve@mitre.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_SECUNIA, Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
cve@mitre.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_VUPEN)
cve@mitre.org (exploit, x_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB)
cve@mitre.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_SREASON, third-party-advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2008-4572?: CVE-2008-4572 is a vulnerability in Guildftpd, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. Published 2008-10-15.
Is CVE-2008-4572 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.