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Vulnerability record · CVE-2008-1052 · published 27 February 2008

CVE-2008-1052: Netwin surgeftp memory buffer overflow vulnerability

Netwin · Surgeftp

The administration web interface in NetWin SurgeFTP 2.3a2 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via a large integer in the Content-Length HTTP header, which triggers a NULL pointer dereference when memory allocation fails.

6.4 CVSS 2.0 Medium EPSS 6.8% · top 6.2% CWE-119 · Memory buffer overflow
6.4CVSS 2.0 base score
6.8%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
12References
16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

The administration web interface in NetWin SurgeFTP 2.3a2 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via a large integer in the Content-Length HTTP header, which triggers a NULL pointer dereference when memory allocation fails.

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

Affected products

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

References

LinkTags
http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/surgeftpizza-adv.txt
http://secunia.com/advisories/29096 Vendor Advisory
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3704
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/488745/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27993
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/40843
http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/surgeftpizza-adv.txt
http://secunia.com/advisories/29096 Vendor Advisory
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3704
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/488745/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27993
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/40843

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2008-1052), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-27). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.