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CVE-2003-0831

CRITICAL CVSS: 9.0 Published: 2003-11-17 Modified: 2026-06-16

Description

ProFTPD 1.2.7 through 1.2.9rc2 does not properly translate newline characters when transferring files in ASCII mode, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a buffer overflow using certain files.

Affected Platforms

Proftpd Project Proftpd

Weakness Type

CWE-119

References