CVE-2008-3734

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 13.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2008-08-20 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-134

Description

Format string vulnerability in Ipswitch WS_FTP Home 2007.0.0.2 and WS_FTP Professional 2007.1.0.0 allows remote FTP servers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in a connection greeting (response).

Affected products

Ipswitch Ws Ftp Home: 2007.0.0.2
Ipswitch Ws Ftp Pro: 2007.1.0.0

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/31504
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4173
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30720
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020713
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020714
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44512
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6257
http://secunia.com/advisories/31504
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4173
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30720
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020713
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020714

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