Description
ProFTPD before 1.3.9c and 1.3.10rc3 contains a heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability in the mod_sftp module that allows authenticated low-privilege attackers to achieve arbitrary code execution by sending crafted SFTP packet fragments exceeding the 16 KB reassembly buffer in the fxp.c component. Attackers can supply oversized fragments to trigger an incorrectly conditioned reallocation, corrupt pool freelist metadata, overwrite the root_fs BSS global pointer to reference a fake filesystem struct, and redirect pr_fsio_stat() to system() via a crafted RENAME request.
Severity (CVSS)
| Base score | 8.7 |
|---|---|
| Severity | High |
| Version | CVSS 4.0 |
| Vector | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N |
| Provided by | CNA |
Weaknesses
- CWE-122 — Heap-based Buffer Overflow
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| proftpd | proftpd | 0 to <1.3.9c; 1.3.10rc1 to <1.3.10rc3 |
References
- https://github.com/proftpd/proftpd/blob/master/RELEASE_NOTES (release-notes)
- https://github.com/proftpd/proftpd/releases/tag/v1.3.10rc3-3 (release-notes)
- https://github.com/proftpd/proftpd/releases/tag/v1.3.9c (release-notes)
- https://github.com/proftpd/proftpd/issues/2190 (issue-tracking)
- https://github.com/proftpd/proftpd/commit/4ee8701bcf425f11b3b2116e634ff3e655d918b1 (patch)
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/proftpd-mod-sftp-heap-buffer-overflow-via-sftp-packet-reassembly (third-party-advisory)
Generated from the official CVE List on 21 Jul 2026 07:01 UTC.