Stack-based buffer overflow in CFS.c in ConfigServer Security & Firewall (CSF) before 5.43, when running on a DirectAdmin server, allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) via a long string in an admin.list file
Published Dec 29, 2011
4.4
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.68%
Description
Stack-based buffer overflow in CFS.c in ConfigServer Security & Firewall (CSF) before 5.43, when running on a DirectAdmin server, allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) via a long string in an admin.list file.
Affected products
No data.
- ≤ 5.42
- 5.00
- 5.01
- 5.02
- 5.03
- 5.04
- 5.05
- 5.06
- 5.07
- 5.08
- 5.09
- 5.10
- 5.11
- 5.12
- 5.13
- 5.14
- 5.15
- 5.16
- 5.17
- 5.18
- 5.19
- 5.20
- 5.21
- 5.22
- 5.30
- 5.31
- 5.32
- 5.33
- 5.34
- 5.35
- 5.36
- 5.37
- 5.38
- 5.39
- 5.40
- 5.41
Running on/with
- n/a
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
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:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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 (11 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 0.68% (0.00683) | 50.75th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.74% (0.00744) | 49.74th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.15% (0.00152) | 33.38th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.06% (0.00060) | 27.28th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 21, 2024 | 0.08% (0.00084) | 36.27th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.08% (0.00084) | 34.26th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.76% (0.01761) | 76.53th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 23, 2023 | 1.76% (0.01761) | 76.48th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.76% (0.01761) | 74.44th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Mar 14, 2022 | 1.76% (0.01761) | 54.40th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.82% (0.01819) | 54.37th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (4)
- http://forum.configserver.com/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=5008 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.configserver.com/free/csf/changelog.txt x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/18225 exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/71758 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://forum.configserver.com/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=5008 | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| http://www.configserver.com/free/csf/changelog.txt | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/18225 | exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/71758 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF |
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