CVE-2019-25683

Summary

FileZilla 3.40.0 contains a denial of service vulnerability in the local search functionality that allows local attackers to crash the application by supplying a malformed path string. Attackers can trigger the crash by entering a crafted path containing 384 'A' characters followed by 'BBBB' and 'CCCC' sequences in the search directory field and initiating a local search operation.

Impact & exploitability

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected products we track (1)

Recommendation

Apply the vendor fix in your normal patch cycle. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.

Additional information

• NVD record
• https://filezilla-project.org
• https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/filezilla-denial-of-service-via-local-searchAdvisory
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46484Advisory