Vulnerability record · CVE-2005-2850 · published 8 September 2005

CVE-2005-2850: Whitsoft development slimftpd vulnerability

WWhitsoft Development · Slimftpd

SlimFTPd 3.17 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via certain (1) USER and (2) PASS commands, possibly due to a buffer overflow or off-by-one error.

5.0 CVSS 2.0 Medium EPSS 7.2% · top 5.9%

5.0CVSS 2.0 base score

7.2%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days

NoNot in CISA KEV

1Affected product versions listed by NVD

6References, 6 tagged exploit

16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

SlimFTPd 3.17 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via certain (1) USER and (2) PASS commands, possibly due to a buffer overflow or off-by-one error.

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

WSlimftpd Whitsoft Development

References

Link	Tags
http://securitytracker.com/id?1014831	ExploitVendor Advisory
http://www.critical.lt/?vulnerabilities/8	ExploitVendor Advisory
http://www.critical.lt/research/slimftpd_dos2.c	ExploitVendor Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1014831	ExploitVendor Advisory
http://www.critical.lt/?vulnerabilities/8	ExploitVendor Advisory
http://www.critical.lt/research/slimftpd_dos2.c	ExploitVendor Advisory

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Related vulnerabilities

Same products first, then exploited flaws of the same weakness class.

7.2CVE-2005-2373SlimFTPd buffer overflow in LIST, DELE and RNFR commandsSlimFTPd 3.15 and 3.16 contain a buffer overflow that is triggered by a long directory name passed to the LIST, DELE or RNFR commands. A remote authe…EPSS 46%analysed26 Jul 2005 7.2CVE-2004-2418Whitsoft development slimftpd vulnerabilityBuffer overflow in SlimFTPd 3.15 and earlier allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a long command, such as (1) CWD, (2) STOR, (3) MKD, and…EPSS 1.4%31 Dec 2004 5.0CVE-2001-1131Whitsoft development slimftpd vulnerabilityDirectory traversal vulnerability in WhitSoft Development SlimFTPd 2.2 allows an attacker to read arbitrary files and directories via a ... (modified…EPSS 1.4%21 Aug 2001

Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2005-2850), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-26). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.