CVE-2025-14242 (GCVE-0-2025-14242)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-01-14 15:23 – Updated: 2026-01-14 21:50
VLAI?
Title
Vsftpd: vsftpd: denial of service via integer overflow in ls command parameter parsing
Summary
A flaw was found in vsftpd. This vulnerability allows a denial of service (DoS) via an integer overflow in the ls command parameter parsing, triggered by a remote, authenticated attacker sending a crafted STAT command with a specific byte sequence.
Severity ?
6.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-190 - Integer Overflow or Wraparound
Assigner
References
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:0605 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:0606 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:0608 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-14242 vdb-entryx_refsource_REDHAT
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2419826 issue-trackingx_refsource_REDHAT
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 Unaffected: 0:3.0.5-10.el10_1.1 , < * (rpm)
    cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10.1
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    Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Unaffected: 0:3.0.3-36.el8_10.3 , < * (rpm)
    cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:8::appstream
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    Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 Unaffected: 0:3.0.5-6.el9_7.2 , < * (rpm)
    cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:9::appstream
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    Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6     cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6
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    Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7     cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7
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