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CVE-1999-1290

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.1 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 1999-12-31 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Buffer overflow in nftp FTP client version 1.40 allows remote malicious FTP servers to cause a denial of service, and possibly execute arbitrary commands, via a long response string.

Affected products

• Chris Matthee Nftp: 1.40

References

• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=91127951426494&w=2
• http://www.ayukov.com/nftp/history.html
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/1397
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=91127951426494&w=2
• http://www.ayukov.com/nftp/history.html
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/1397

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