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Fencer Vulns
high 7.5

CVE-2020-8815 json

Improper connection handling in the base connection handler in IKTeam BearFTP before v0.3.1 allows a remote attacker to achieve denial of s…

published 2020-02-12 6 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2020-29663

cvss
7.5
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
2.2%
EPSS 2.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 82%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Improper connection handling in the base connection handler in IKTeam BearFTP before v0.3.1 allows a remote attacker to achieve denial of service via a Slowloris approach by sending a large volume of small packets.

Patch / fix

  • iktm bearftp 0.3.1

Exploit prediction

2.19% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 82% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • github.com https://github.com/kolya5544/BearFTP/blob/f5a8047587c1a96456d4f291c12b038b9ab0d0c5/BearFTP/Program.cs#L503-L525 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD 2.0 5.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-20 Improper Input Validation

References

Sources

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