PT-2017-10914 · Lightftp · Lightftp

Jacksonfylleo · Published 2017-11-17 · Updated 2025-12-08 · CVE-2017-1000218

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

9.8

Critical

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions LightFTP version 1.1

Description The issue is related to a buffer overflow in the writelogentry function, which can result in a denial of service or a remote code execution.

Recommendations For LightFTP version 1.1, consider disabling the writelogentry function as a temporary workaround until a patch is available.

Exploit

Fix

DoS

RCE

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

CVE-2017-1000218

Affected Products

Lightftp

References · 4

• 🔥 https://github.com/hfiref0x/LightFTP/issues/5 · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-1000218 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-1000218 · Vendor Advisory
• https://t.me/cveNotify/145127 · Telegram Post