What is CVE-2018-17106?

CVE-2018-17106 is a high-severity vulnerability in Tinyftp Project, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2018-09-16.

How severe is CVE-2018-17106?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in Tinyftp Project

CVE-2018-17106

In Tinyftp Tinyftpd 1.1, a buffer overflow exists in the text variable of the do_mkd function in the ftpproto.c file. An attacker can overwrite ebp via a long pathname.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.009 (57.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N.

Affected products

Tinyftp_project Tinyftp — versions 1.1
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 (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-17106?: CVE-2018-17106 is a high-severity vulnerability in Tinyftp Project, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2018-09-16.
How severe is CVE-2018-17106?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.