CVE-2010-4221
HIGH · CVSS 10.0EPSS 91.3%EU EUVD
Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in the pr_netio_telnet_gets function in netio.c in ProFTPD before 1.3.3c allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via vectors involving a TELNET IAC escape character to a (1) FTP or (2) FTPS server.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 10.0 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-119
- EPSS score
- 91.3% (100th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2010-4195)
- Published
- November 9, 2010
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2010-4195 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- proftpd / proftpd
- proftpd / proftpd
- proftpd / proftpd
- proftpd / proftpd
- proftpd / proftpd
- proftpd / proftpd
- proftpd / proftpd
- proftpd / proftpd
- proftpd / proftpd
- proftpd / proftpd
- proftpd / proftpd
- proftpd / proftpd
- proftpd / proftpd
- proftpd / proftpd
- proftpd / proftpd
References
- http://bugs.proftpd.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3521(Exploit)
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-November/050687.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-November/050703.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-November/050726.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42052(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42217
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:227
- http://www.proftpd.org/docs/NEWS-1.3.3c
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/44562(Exploit)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2941
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2959
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2962
- http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-10-229/
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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