CVE-2008-5045

high

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in Network-Client FTP Now 2.6, and possibly other versions, allows remote FTP servers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a 200 server response that is exactly 1024 characters long.

References

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6926

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46319

http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4583

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2008-11-13

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 10

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: Critical

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.0363