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Fencer Vulns
high 7.5

CVE-2003-0766 json

Multiple heap-based buffer overflows in FTP Desktop client 3.5, and possibly earlier versions, allow remote malicious servers to execute ar…

published 2003-09-12 23 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2003-0757

cvss
7.5
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
6.9%
EPSS 6.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 94%
public exploits
2
Exploit-DB

Summary

Multiple heap-based buffer overflows in FTP Desktop client 3.5, and possibly earlier versions, allow remote malicious servers to execute arbitrary code via (1) a long FTP banner, (2) a long response to a USER command, or (3) a long response to a PASS command.

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-23118)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

6.88% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 94% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-23118 FTP Desktop 3.5 - FTP 331 Server Response Buffer Overflow dos, 2003-09-08
  • EDB-23117 FTP Desktop 3.5 - Banner Parsing Buffer Overflow dos, 2003-09-08

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.