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FKIE_CVE-2018-25229

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2026-03-30 12:16 - Updated: 2026-06-17 01:55

Severity

5.5 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
7.1 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

Summary

BulletProof FTP Server 2019.0.0.50 contains a denial of service vulnerability in the SMTP configuration interface that allows local attackers to crash the application by supplying an oversized string. Attackers can input a buffer of 257 'A' characters in the SMTP Server field and trigger a crash by clicking the Test button.

References

URL	Tags
disclosure@vulncheck.com	http://bpftpserver.com/	Product
disclosure@vulncheck.com	http://bpftpserver.com/products/bpftpserver/windows/download	Product
disclosure@vulncheck.com	https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46422	Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
disclosure@vulncheck.com	https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/bulletproof-ftp-server-denial-of-service-via-smtp	Third Party Advisory

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	bpftpserver	bulletproof_ftp_server	2019.0.0.50

JSON

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  "lastModified": "2026-06-17T01:55:01.837",
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CVE-2018-25229 (GCVE-0-2018-25229)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-03-30 11:02 – Updated: 2026-03-30 11:23

Title

BulletProof FTP Server 2019.0.0.50 Denial of Service via SMTP

Summary

Severity

6.8 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

5.5 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

SSVC

Exploitation: poc Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2026-03-30 11:23 UTC

CWE

CWE-1282 - Assumed-Immutable Data is Stored in Writable Memory

Assigner

VulnCheck mitre root Scorecard

References

4 references

URL	Tags
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46422	exploit
http://bpftpserver.com/	product
http://bpftpserver.com/products/bpftpserver/windo…	product
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/bulletproof-…	third-party-advisory

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
Bpftpserver	BulletProof FTP Server	Affected: 2019.0.0.50

Date Public

2018-02-19 00:00

Credits

Victor Mondragón

Show details on NVD website

JSON

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