What is CVE-2014-1215?

CVE-2014-1215 is a high-severity vulnerability in Coreftp Core FTP, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2018-03-20.

How severe is CVE-2014-1215?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in Coreftp Core FTP

CVE-2014-1215

Multiple buffer overflows in Core FTP Server before 1.2 build 508 allow local users to gain privileges via vectors related to reading data from config.dat and Windows Registry.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

Published 2018-03-20 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.004 (27.2th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 27th percentile — 27.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Coreftp Core FTP

Weakness classification (CWE)

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

References

www.portcullis-security.com/security-research-and-downloads/security-advisories… (Third Party Advisory)
www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/531144/100/0/threaded (mailing-list)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2014-1215?: CVE-2014-1215 is a high-severity vulnerability in Coreftp Core FTP, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2018-03-20.
How severe is CVE-2014-1215?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.