What is CVE-2008-5281?

CVE-2008-5281 is a vulnerability in South River Technologies Titan FTP Server, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. Published 2008-11-29.

Is CVE-2008-5281 known to be exploited?

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

Buffer overflow in South River Technologies Titan FTP Server

CVE-2008-5281

Heap-based buffer overflow in Titan FTP Server 6.05 build 550 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long DELE command.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

Published 2008-11-29 · last modified 2026-06-16.

CVSS v2 metric

CVSS v2 base score 10.0 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.064 (93.4th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 93rd percentile — 93.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.064 · newest: 0.064 · change: 0.000

Affected products

South River Technologies Titan FTP Server — versions 6.05

Weakness classification (CWE)

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

Public proof-of-concept exploits

ARPSyndicate/cve-scores

References

packetstormsecurity.org/0802-exploits/titan-heap-py.txt (Exploit)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/27611 (vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2008-5281?: CVE-2008-5281 is a vulnerability in South River Technologies Titan FTP Server, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. Published 2008-11-29.
Is CVE-2008-5281 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.