PT-2026-29020 · Smartftp · Smartftp

Published 2026-03-30 · Updated 2026-04-08 · CVE-2018-25234

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.5

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions SmartFTP Client version 9.0.2615.0

Description SmartFTP Client version 9.0.2615.0 contains a denial of service issue that allows local attackers to crash the application by providing an excessively long string in the Host field. Attackers can paste a buffer of 300 repeated characters into the Host connection parameter to trigger an application crash.

Recommendations Update to a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability. As a temporary workaround, avoid using excessively long strings in the Host field.

Exploit

Fix

DoS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-466

Related Identifiers

CVE-2018-25234

Affected Products

Smartftp

References · 6

• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/45759 · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-25234 · Security Note
• https://t.me/cveNotify/158474 · Telegram Post
• https://vulncheck.com/advisories/smartftp-client-denial-of-service-via-host-field · Note
• https://smartftp.com/en-us/download · Note
• https://smartftp.com/en-us · Note