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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2004-1992

Buffer overflow in Serv-U FTP server before 5.0.0.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a long -l parameter, which triggers an out-of-bounds read.

EXPLOIT ✓MEDIUM 5.0EPSS 11.2%

Does this matter?

EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 11.2%, higher than 96% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.

Description

Buffer overflow in Serv-U FTP server before 5.0.0.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a long -l parameter, which triggers an out-of-bounds read.

CVSS 2.0
5.0 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
EPSS
11.18% probability · 96th percentile
Public exploits
1 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 20 April 2004
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-119
Affected
solarwinds/serv-u file server
Source
cve@mitre.org
EPSS trend
0%8%15%26 October 2026: 11.18%26 October 202626 October 2026

EPSS 11.2% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.

Public exploits (1)

Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.

EDB-IDTitleTypePublishedVerified
EDB-24029source ↗RhinoSoft Serv-U FTP Server 3.x/4.x/5.0 - 'LIST' Buffer Overflowwindows · stormdos20 April 2004yes

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.