CVE-2008-5753
HIGH · CVSS 9.3EPSS 7.5%EU EUVD
Stack-based buffer overflow in BulletProof FTP Client 2.63 and 2010 allows user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via a bookmark file entry with a long host name, which appears as a host parameter within the quick-connect bar.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 9.3 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-119
- EPSS score
- 7.5% (95th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-5723)
- Published
- December 30, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-5723 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- bpftp / bulletproof ftp client
References
- http://osvdb.org/50968
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/131965/BulletProof-FTP-Client-2010-Buffer-Overflow.html(Exploit)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33322
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4835
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/565580(Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33007(Exploit)
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/37056/
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7571
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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