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Fencer Vulns
high 7.5

CVE-2003-0772 in the critical feed json

Multiple buffer overflows in WS_FTP 3 and 4 allow remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary co…

published 2003-09-12 23 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2003-0763

cvss
7.5
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
84.9%
EPSS 84.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 99.7%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

Multiple buffer overflows in WS_FTP 3 and 4 allow remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via long (1) APPE (append) or (2) STAT (status) arguments.

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-23100)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

84.88% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 99.7% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-23100 Ipswitch WS_FTP Server 3.4/4.0 - FTP Command Buffer Overrun remote, 2003-09-04
  • securityfocus.com http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/8542 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

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.