ftp: netkit ftp - use of uninitialized variable
Published Dec 6, 2007
10.0
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 1.69%
Description
Double free vulnerability in the getreply function in ftp.c in netkit ftp (netkit-ftp) 0.17 20040614 and later allows remote FTP servers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly have unspecified other impact via some types of FTP protocol behavior. NOTE: the netkit-ftpd issue is covered by CVE-2007-6263.
Affected products
No data.
- 0.17
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
Red Hat statement
Red Hat does not consider a user assisted client crash such as this to be a security flaw.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
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 (10 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 1.69% (0.01694) | 76.28th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 1.69% (0.01694) | 74.06th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.35% (0.00354) | 55.56th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.35% (0.00346) | 72.50th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 8, 2024 | 0.31% (0.00308) | 69.15th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.31% (0.00308) | 65.19th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.02% (0.01018) | 40.69th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Sep 10, 2022 | 1.02% (0.01018) | 38.88th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.02% (0.01018) | 36.86th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.02% (0.01018) | 19.50th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (8)
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=199206 x_refsource_MISCExploitPatch
- http://cvs.fedora.redhat.com/viewcvs/rpms/ftp/F-8/netkit-ftp-0.17-sigseg.patch?view=auto x_refsource_CONFIRMExploit
- http://marc.info/?l=full-disclosure&m=119704348003382&w=2 mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISC
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26764 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2007-5769 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=405841 Issue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-5769
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2007-5769
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=199206 | x_refsource_MISCExploitPatch | |
| http://cvs.fedora.redhat.com/viewcvs/rpms/ftp/F-8/netkit-ftp-0.17-sigseg.patch?view=auto | x_refsource_CONFIRMExploit | |
| http://marc.info/?l=full-disclosure&m=119704348003382&w=2 | mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISC | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26764 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2007-5769 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=405841 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-5769 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2007-5769 |
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