What is CVE-2021-39602?

CVE-2021-39602 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Miniftpd Project, classified under Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input (Classic Buffer Overflow). CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2021-08-23.

How severe is CVE-2021-39602?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in Miniftpd Project

CVE-2021-39602

A Buffer Overflow vulnerabilty exists in Miniftpd 1.0 in the do_mkd function in the ftpproto.c file, which could let a remote malicious user cause a Denial of Service.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.008 (54.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Miniftpd_project Miniftpd — versions 1.0
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-120 — Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input (Classic Buffer Overflow)

References

cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC, Issue Tracking)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-39602?: CVE-2021-39602 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Miniftpd Project, classified under Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input (Classic Buffer Overflow). CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2021-08-23.
How severe is CVE-2021-39602?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.