CVE-2004-0287 — Xlight FTP server 1.52 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (crash) via a RETR command with a long argument containing a large number of / (slash) characters, possibly triggering a buffer overflow

Back Back to CVE browser

MEDIUM

Xlight FTP server 1.52 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (crash) via a RETR command with a long argument containing a large number of / (slash) characters, possibly triggering a buffer overflow

Published Mar 18, 2004

5.0

MEDIUM

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 7.32%

Description

Xlight FTP server 1.52 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (crash) via a RETR command with a long argument containing a large number of / (slash) characters, possibly triggering a buffer overflow.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

7.32% 0.07325

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.07325

Score over time

2022–2026

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Percentile over time

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Table of values (9 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	7.32% (0.07325)	94.20th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	7.32% (0.07325)	93.57th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	4.13% (0.04128)	87.87th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	8.96% (0.08962)	94.86th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Sep 24, 2023	8.96% (0.08962)	93.86th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	9.58% (0.09584)	93.76th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	4.19% (0.04187)	87.39th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	4.19% (0.04187)	86.11th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	4.19% (0.04187)	69.86th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (0)

No CWE recorded.

References (3)

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=107695172917263&w=2
mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/9668
vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/15220
vdb-entryx_refsource_XF

Link	Providers	Tags
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=107695172917263&w=2		mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/9668		vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/15220		vdb-entryx_refsource_XF

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Mar 18, 2004

Updated Aug 8, 2024

Reserved Mar 17, 2004

Link CVE-2004-0287

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2004-0287

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2004-0287