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CVE-2003-1259

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 3.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2003-12-31 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Buffer overflow in CuteFTP 4.2 and 5.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long FTP server banner.

References

• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2003-01/0026.html
• http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10984.php
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/325659
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6518
• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2003-01/0026.html
• http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10984.php
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/325659
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6518

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