CVE-2005-3683

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 71.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2005-11-19 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in freeFTPd before 1.0.9 with Logging enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash), and possibly execute arbitrary code, via a long USER command.

Affected products

freeFTPd: 1.0, 1.0.1, 1.0.2, 1.0.3, 1.0.4, 1.0.5 (+3)

References

http://freeftpd.com/?ctt=changelog
http://marc.info/?l=full-disclosure&m=113213763821294&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=full-disclosure&m=113216611924774&w=2
http://secunia.com/advisories/17583
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015230
http://www.osvdb.org/20909
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15457
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2458
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/23118
http://freeftpd.com/?ctt=changelog
http://marc.info/?l=full-disclosure&m=113213763821294&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=full-disclosure&m=113216611924774&w=2

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