VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2020-9273

CVSS score8.8 HIGH
EPSS probability12.14%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2020-02-20
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Description

In ProFTPD 1.3.7, it is possible to corrupt the memory pool by interrupting the data transfer channel. This triggers a use-after-free in alloc_pool in pool.c, and possible remote code execution.

Weakness classification

  • nvd@nist.gov: CWE-416

Primary references