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Vulnerability details: VCID-6zv5-sn2d-ffa6
Vulnerability ID VCID-6zv5-sn2d-ffa6
Aliases CVE-2019-18217
Summary Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in ProFTPd, the worst of which may lead to arbitrary code execution.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 6.8
Risk 3.4
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (1)
CWE-835 Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')
System Score Found at
epss 0.03313 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-18217
epss 0.03313 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-18217
epss 0.03313 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-18217
epss 0.03313 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-18217
epss 0.03313 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-18217
epss 0.03313 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-18217
epss 0.03313 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-18217
epss 0.03313 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-18217
epss 0.03313 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-18217
epss 0.03313 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-18217
cvssv2 5.0 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-18217
cvssv3.1 7.5 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-18217
Reference id Reference type URL
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-01/msg00009.html
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-18217
https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-940889.pdf
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-18217
https://github.com/proftpd/proftpd/blob/1.3.6/NEWS
https://github.com/proftpd/proftpd/blob/1.3.6/RELEASE_NOTES
https://github.com/proftpd/proftpd/blob/master/NEWS
https://github.com/proftpd/proftpd/blob/master/RELEASE_NOTES
https://github.com/proftpd/proftpd/issues/846
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/10/msg00036.html
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/NJDQRVZTILBX4BUCTIRKP2WBHDHDCJR5/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/RB2FPAWDWXT5ALAFIC5Y3RSEMXSFL6H2/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YLRPYEEMQJVAXO2SXRGOQ4HBFEEPCNXG/
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Nov/7
https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4559
942831 https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=942831
cpe:2.3:a:proftpd:proftpd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:proftpd:proftpd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:proftpd:proftpd:1.3.6:-:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:proftpd:proftpd:1.3.6:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:proftpd:proftpd:1.3.6:a:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:proftpd:proftpd:1.3.6:a:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:proftpd:proftpd:1.3.6:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:proftpd:proftpd:1.3.6:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:proftpd:proftpd:1.3.6:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:proftpd:proftpd:1.3.6:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:proftpd:proftpd:1.3.6:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:proftpd:proftpd:1.3.6:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:proftpd:proftpd:1.3.6:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:proftpd:proftpd:1.3.6:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:proftpd:proftpd:1.3.7:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:proftpd:proftpd:1.3.7:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
CVE-2019-18217 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-18217
GLSA-202003-35 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-35
No exploits are available.
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-18217
Exploitability (E) Access Vector (AV) Access Complexity (AC) Authentication (Au) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

high

functional

unproven

proof_of_concept

not_defined

local

adjacent_network

network

high

medium

low

multiple

single

none

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-18217
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

low

high

none

low

high

none

required

unchanged

changed

high

low

none

high

low

none

high

low

none
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.87206
EPSS Score 0.03313
Published At April 1, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-04-01T13:12:19.154481+00:00 Gentoo Importer Import https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-35 38.0.0