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high 7.5

CVE-1999-1510 in the critical feed json

Buffer overflows in Bisonware FTP server prior to 4.1 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service, and possibly execute arbitrary c…

published 1999-05-17 27 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-1999-1491

cvss
7.5
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
67.1%
EPSS 67.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 99.3%
public exploits
4
Metasploit, Exploit-DB

Summary

Buffer overflows in Bisonware FTP server prior to 4.1 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service, and possibly execute arbitrary commands, via long (1) USER, (2) LIST, or (3) CWD commands.

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-19219)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

67.09% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 99.3% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • Metasploit exploit/windows/ftp/bison_ftp_bof BisonWare BisonFTP Server Buffer Overflow metasploit exploit, normal rank, 2011-08-07
  • EDB-19219 BisonWare BisohFTP Server 3.5 - Multiple Vulnerabilities remote, 1999-05-17
  • EDB-17810 BisonWare BisonFTP Server 3.5 - Remote Buffer Overflow (Metasploit) remote, 2011-09-09
  • EDB-17649 BisonWare BisonFTP Server 3.5 - Remote Buffer Overflow remote, 2011-08-10

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 7.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.