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Fencer Vulns
critical 10.0

CVE-2008-5045 json

Heap-based buffer overflow in Network-Client FTP Now 2.6, and possibly other versions, allows remote FTP servers to cause a denial of servi…

published 2008-11-13 17 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2008-5024

cvss
10.0
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
3.4%
EPSS 3.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 88%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

Heap-based buffer overflow in Network-Client FTP Now 2.6, and possibly other versions, allows remote FTP servers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a 200 server response that is exactly 1024 characters long.

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-6926)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

3.35% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 88% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-6926 FTP Now 2.6 Server - Response Remote Crash (PoC) dos, 2008-11-01
  • securityfocus.com http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32080 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 10.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

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.