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CVE-2002-1522
Buffer overflow in PowerFTP FTP server 2.24, and possibly other versions, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and…
Medium5.0EPSS 13.6%
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Description
Buffer overflow in PowerFTP FTP server 2.24, and possibly other versions, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long USER argument.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 13.6% · top 3.5% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.
Weakness
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Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (4)
- 20021005 Vulnerabilitie in PowerFTP server (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 5899 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 20021012 Coolsoft PowerFTP <= v2.24 Denial of Service (Linux Source) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- powerftp-long-username-dos(10286) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
Sources
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- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
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- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
Record last updated .