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Vulnerability record · CVE-2009-5141 · published 1 April 2014

CVE-2009-5141: Jgaa warftpd vulnerability

Jgaa · Warftpd

Format string vulnerability in War FTP Daemon (warftpd) 1.82 RC 12 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (crash) via format string specifiers in a LIST command.

4.0 CVSS 2.0 Medium EPSS 2.7% · top 14.6% CWE-134 · CWE-134
4.0CVSS 2.0 base score
2.7%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
10References, 4 tagged exploit
16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

Format string vulnerability in War FTP Daemon (warftpd) 1.82 RC 12 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (crash) via format string specifiers in a LIST command.

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

Affected products

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

References

LinkTags
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2009-09/0105.html
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/9622 Exploit
http://www.osvdb.org/62599
http://www.warftp.org/index.php?menu=338&cmd=show_article&article_id=1003 Vendor Advisory
https://www.corelan.be/index.php/forum/security-advisories-archive-2009/corelan-09001-warftpd-1-82-rc12-dos/ Exploit
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2009-09/0105.html
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/9622 Exploit
http://www.osvdb.org/62599
http://www.warftp.org/index.php?menu=338&cmd=show_article&article_id=1003 Vendor Advisory
https://www.corelan.be/index.php/forum/security-advisories-archive-2009/corelan-09001-warftpd-1-82-rc12-dos/ Exploit

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2009-5141), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-27). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.