What is CVE-2019-9668?

CVE-2019-9668 is a high-severity vulnerability in Rovinbhandari FTP Project, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2019-12-31.

How severe is CVE-2019-9668?

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

Improper input validation in Rovinbhandari FTP Project

CVE-2019-9668

An issue was discovered in rovinbhandari FTP through 2012-03-28. receive_file in file_transfer_functions.c allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via a 0xffff datalen field value.

Vulnerability class: Drupalgeddon 2 (CVE-2018-7600)

Published 2019-12-31 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.017 (76.4th percentile), scored 2026-10-07.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 76th percentile — 76.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.017 · newest: 0.017 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Rovinbhandari FTP Project

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation

References

packetstormsecurity.com/files/152058/robinbhandari-FTP-Remote-Denial-Of-Service… (Exploit, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-9668?: CVE-2019-9668 is a high-severity vulnerability in Rovinbhandari FTP Project, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2019-12-31.
How severe is CVE-2019-9668?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.