CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2009-4775

Use of Externally-Controlled Format String

Published: Apr 21, 2010 | Modified: Apr 11, 2025
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
4.3 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

Format string vulnerability in Ipswitch WS_FTP Professional 12 before 12.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via format string specifiers in the status code portion of an HTTP response.

Weakness

The product uses a function that accepts a format string as an argument, but the format string originates from an external source.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Ws_ftp Ipswitch 12.0 (including) 12.0 (including)
Ws_ftp Ipswitch 12.0.1 (including) 12.0.1 (including)

Potential Mitigations

References