CVE-2008-5045

CRITICAL 10.0CVE-2008-5045 · Published 13/11/2008 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2008-5045 is a CRITICAL (CVSS 10.0) vulnerability affecting ftp now (network-client.com).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 3.4%, higher than 88.8% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
ftp now network-client.com	`= 2.6`	No fix yet

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

securityreason.com/securityalert/4583
securityfocus.com/bid/32080 · Exploit
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46319
exploit-db.com/exploits/6926

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