CVE-2004-0299

LOW 2.1CVE-2004-0299 · Published 23/11/2004 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2004-0299 is a LOW (CVSS 2.1) vulnerability affecting smallftpd (smallftpd).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 1.0%, higher than 64.0% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
smallftpd smallftpd	`= 1.0.3`	No fix yet

Description

Buffer overflow in smallftpd 0.99 allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) via an FTP request with a large number of "/" (slash) characters.

References

marc.info
securityfocus.com/bid/9684 · Exploit
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/15262

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