CVE-2023-53886 (GCVE-0-2023-53886)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2025-12-15 20:28
Modified
2025-12-15 21:46
Severity ?
5.1 (Medium) - CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CWE
  • CWE-121 - Stack-based Buffer Overflow
Summary
Xlight FTP Server 3.9.3.6 contains a stack buffer overflow vulnerability in the 'Execute Program' configuration that allows attackers to crash the application. Attackers can trigger the vulnerability by inserting 294 characters into the program execution configuration, causing a denial of service condition.
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Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Xlightftpd Xlight FTP Server Version: 3.9.3.6
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