CVE-2003-0831

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 58.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2003-11-17 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

ProFTPD 1.2.7 through 1.2.9rc2 does not properly translate newline characters when transferring files in ASCII mode, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a buffer overflow using certain files.

Affected products

ProFTPD Project Proftpd: 1.2.7, 1.2.7_rc1, 1.2.7_rc2, 1.2.7_rc3, 1.2.8, 1.2.8_rc1 (+3)

References

http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2003-October/012072.html
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=106441655617816&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=106606885611269&w=2
http://secunia.com/advisories/9829
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/405348
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2003:095
http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/alerts/id/154
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/12200
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/107/
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2003-October/012072.html
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=106441655617816&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=106606885611269&w=2

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