CVE-2022-50799 json
Fetch Softworks Fetch FTP Client 5.8.2 Remote CPU Consumption Denial of Service
published 2025-12-30 10 mo ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2022-55928
- cvss
- 7.5
- version 3.1, CNA
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 0.4%
- EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 36%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
Fetch FTP Client 5.8.2 contains a denial of service vulnerability that allows attackers to trigger 100% CPU consumption by sending long server responses. Attackers can send specially crafted FTP server responses exceeding 2K bytes to cause excessive resource utilization and potentially crash the application.
CISA SSVC
- Exploitation
- Proof of concept is public
- Automatable
- yes
- Technical impact
- partial
- Assessed
- 10 mo ago
Exploit prediction
0.42% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 36% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).
Exploits and checks
- exploit-db.com https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/50696 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CNA | 4.0 | 7.1 | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N |
| CNA | 3.1 | 7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
| CNA | 4.0 | 7.1 | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X |
Affected products
- Fetch Softworks Fetch Softworks Fetch FTP Client
Classification
- Weakness
-
- CWE-770 Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling
References
-
exploit-db.com
/exploits/50696
exploit
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fetchsoftworks.com
product
-
zeroscience.mk
/en/vulnerabilities/ZSL-2022-5696.php
third-party-advisory
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vulncheck.com
/advisories/fetch-softworks-fetch-ftp-client-remote-cpu-consumption-denial-of-service
third-party-advisory
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2022-50799
- NVD CVE-2022-50799
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