What is CVE-2018-0541?

CVE-2018-0541 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Hisayuki Nomura Tiny FTP Daemon, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2018-03-22.

How severe is CVE-2018-0541?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in Hisayuki Nomura Tiny FTP Daemon

CVE-2018-0541

Buffer overflow in Tiny FTP Daemon Ver0.52d allows an attacker to cause a denial-of-service (DoS) condition or execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

Published 2018-03-22 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.031 (87.1th percentile), scored 2026-10-02.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 87th percentile — 87.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.031 · newest: 0.031 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Hisayuki Nomura Tiny FTP Daemon — versions Ver0.52d
Tinyftp Project — versions 0.52

Weakness classification (CWE)

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

References

jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN92259864/index.html (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-0541?: CVE-2018-0541 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Hisayuki Nomura Tiny FTP Daemon, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2018-03-22.
How severe is CVE-2018-0541?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.