CVE-2017-16892

HIGH 7.5CVE-2017-16892 · Published 19/11/2017 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2017-16892 is a HIGH (CVSS 7.5) vulnerability affecting bftpd (bftpd project).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 1.2%, higher than 67.5% of all vulnerabilities.
Fix: update to 4.7.0 or later.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
bftpd bftpd_project	`< 4.7.0`	`4.7.0`

In Bftpd before 4.7, there is a memory leak in the file rename function.

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