pure-ftpd before 1.0.52 is vulnerable to Buffer Overflow.

published 2024-10-24 2 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2024-42955

cvss: 8.6; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 1.6%; EPSS 1.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 75%
public exploits: 0; none known, plus a Nuclei check

pure-ftpd before 1.0.52 is vulnerable to Buffer Overflow. There is an out of bounds read in the domlsd() function of the ls.c file.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1 distros 1

pureftpd pure-ftpd 1.0.52

pure-ftpd openSUSE Tumbleweed 1.0.51-5.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2025:15266-1

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2024-48208 updated 2025-11-21

pure-ftpd: out of bounds read in the domlsd() function of ls.c

Red Hat All currently supported Red Hat products
not affected: vulnerable code not present

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CISA SSVC

Exploitation: Proof of concept is public
Automatable: yes
Technical impact: partial
Assessed: 2 y ago (2024-10-28)

Exploit prediction

1.56% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 75% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

Nuclei template Pure-FTPd < 1.0.52 - Buffer Overflow nuclei detection template
github.com https://github.com/jedisct1/pure-ftpd/pull/176 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CISA ADP	3.1	8.6	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H
CNA	3.1	8.6	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H

Affected products

pureftpd pure-ftpd

Classification

Weakness

CWE-125 Out-of-bounds Read

References

github.com /jedisct1/pure-ftpd/pull/176
exploit, issue-tracking

Sources

CVE List CVE-2024-48208
NVD CVE-2024-48208

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Summary