ubuntu-cve-2019-25683
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2026-04-05 21:16
Modified
2026-05-20 14:51
Summary
Details

FileZilla 3.40.0 contains a denial of service vulnerability in the local search functionality that allows local attackers to crash the application by supplying a malformed path string. Attackers can trigger the crash by entering a crafted path containing 384 'A' characters followed by 'BBBB' and 'CCCC' sequences in the search directory field and initiating a local search operation.

Severity
6.2 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
5.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
6.9 (Medium)
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
N/A (UNKNOWN)
medium
References
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  "details": "FileZilla 3.40.0 contains a denial of service vulnerability in the local search functionality that allows local attackers to crash the application by supplying a malformed path string. Attackers can trigger the crash by entering a crafted path containing 384 \u0027A\u0027 characters followed by \u0027BBBB\u0027 and \u0027CCCC\u0027 sequences in the search directory field and initiating a local search operation.",
  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2019-25683",
  "modified": "2026-05-20T14:51:51Z",
  "published": "2026-04-05T21:16:00Z",
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}



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