Buffer overflow in Cobiansoft Cobian Reflector
CVE-2022-50689
Cobian Reflector 0.9.93 RC1 contains a denial of service vulnerability that allows attackers to crash the application by overflowing the password input field. Attackers can paste a large 8000-byte buffer into the password field to trigger an application crash during SFTP task configuration.
Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 6.2 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.002 (10.2th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 10th percentile — 10.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.002 · newest: 0.002 · change: +0.000
Affected products
- Cobiansoft Cobian Reflector — versions 0.9.93
- Cobiansoft Reflector — versions 0.9.93
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.exploit-db.com/exploits/50789 (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, exploit)
- www.cobiansoft.com/ (Product, product)
- www.vulncheck.com/advisories/cobian-reflector-rc-local-denial-of-service-via-pa… (Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2022-50689?
- CVE-2022-50689 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cobiansoft Cobian Reflector, classified under Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input (Classic Buffer Overflow). CVSS score: 6.2/10. Published 2025-12-22.
- How severe is CVE-2022-50689?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.2 out of 10.