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CVE-2006-2173

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.4 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 6.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2006-05-04 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Buffer overflow in FileZilla FTP Server 2.2.22 allows remote authenticated attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long (1) PORT or (2) PASS followed by the MLSD command, or (2) the remote server interface, as demonstrated by the Infigo FTPStress Fuzzer.

Affected products

• Filezilla Server: all versions

References

• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2006-05/0139.html
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=114658586018818&w=2
• http://www.infigo.hr/en/in_focus/tools
• http://www.infigo.hr/hr/in_focus/advisories/INFIGO-2006-05-03
• http://www.osvdb.org/25221
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17802
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26303
• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2006-05/0139.html
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=114658586018818&w=2
• http://www.infigo.hr/en/in_focus/tools
• http://www.infigo.hr/hr/in_focus/advisories/INFIGO-2006-05-03
• http://www.osvdb.org/25221

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