What is CVE-2017-16513?

CVE-2017-16513 is a high-severity vulnerability in Ipswitch Ws Ftp, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2017-11-03.

How severe is CVE-2017-16513?

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

Buffer overflow in Ipswitch Ws Ftp

CVE-2017-16513

Ipswitch WS_FTP Professional before 12.6.0.3 has buffer overflows in the local search field and the backup locations field, aka WSCLT-1729.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.022 (80.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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.

Affected products

Ipswitch Ws_ftp
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

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

References

cve@mitre.org (Technical Description, Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_MISC, Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)
cve@mitre.org (Exploit, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, exploit, x_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-16513?: CVE-2017-16513 is a high-severity vulnerability in Ipswitch Ws Ftp, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2017-11-03.
How severe is CVE-2017-16513?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.