A flaw was found in vsftpd. This vulnerability allows a denial of service (DoS) via an integer overflow in the ls command parameter parsing, triggered by a remote, authenticated attacker sending a crafted STAT command with a specific byte sequence.
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History

Thu, 15 Jan 2026 00:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:8
cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:9
References
Metrics threat_severity

None

threat_severity

Moderate


Wed, 14 Jan 2026 22:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
CPEs cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10 cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10.1
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Wed, 14 Jan 2026 16:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
CPEs cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9 cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:9::appstream
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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Wed, 14 Jan 2026 15:30:00 +0000

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Description A flaw was found in vsftpd. This vulnerability allows a denial of service (DoS) via an integer overflow in the ls command parameter parsing, triggered by a remote, authenticated attacker sending a crafted STAT command with a specific byte sequence.
Title Vsftpd: vsftpd: denial of service via integer overflow in ls command parameter parsing
First Time appeared Redhat
Redhat enterprise Linux
Weaknesses CWE-190
CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:8::appstream
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9
Vendors & Products Redhat
Redhat enterprise Linux
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2026-01-14T21:50:37.086Z

Reserved: 2025-12-08T03:42:06.011Z

Link: CVE-2025-14242

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-01-14T15:31:29.842Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2026-01-14T16:15:55.967

Modified: 2026-01-14T22:15:49.780

Link: CVE-2025-14242

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2026-01-14T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2025-14242 - Bugzilla

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