Out-of-bounds Read in Bftpd Project
CVE-2020-6162
An issue was discovered in Bftpd 5.3. Under certain circumstances, an out-of-bounds read is triggered due to an uninitialized value. The daemon crashes at startup in the hidegroups_init function in dirlist.c.
Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 9.1 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.017 (76.8th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 77th percentile — 76.8% 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
- Bftpd Project — versions 5.3
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- bftpd.sourceforge.net/news.html (Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)
- fossies.org/linux/bftpd/CHANGELOG (Third Party Advisory, Release Notes)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2020-6162?
- CVE-2020-6162 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Bftpd Project, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 9.1/10. Published 2020-01-10.
- How severe is CVE-2020-6162?
- Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.1 out of 10.