CVE-2023-22551 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

The FTP (aka "Implementation of a simple FTP client and server") project through 96c1a35 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by engaging in client activity, such as establishing and then terminating a connection. This occurs because malloc is used but free is not.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.05866.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Ftp Project Subscribe	Ftp Subscribe

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:ftp_project:ftp:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2023-26691	The FTP (aka "Implementation of a simple FTP client and server") project through 96c1a35 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by engaging in client activity, such as establishing and then terminating a connection. This occurs because malloc is used but free is not.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/rovinbhandari/FTP/issues/8

History

Tue, 08 Apr 2025 08:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Projects

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2023-01-01T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-04-07T18:12:57.953Z

Reserved: 2023-01-01T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2023-22551

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T10:13:48.987Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-01-01T18:15:17.157

Modified: 2025-04-07T19:15:49.187

Link: CVE-2023-22551

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-noinfo

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