Out-of-bounds read in Pure-FTPd - CVE-2024-48208
Published: June 21, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU111721
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2024-48208
CWE-ID: CWE-125
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: PureFTPd.org
Affected software:
Pure-FTPd
Pure-FTPd
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary condition within the domlsd() function in ls.c. A remote user can trigger an out-of-bounds read error and read contents of memory on the system or crash the FTP server.
How to mitigate CVE-2024-48208
Install updates from vendor's website.