CVE-2009-5141
Format string vulnerability in War FTP Daemon (warftpd) 1.82 RC 12 allows remote authenticated...
Format string vulnerability in War FTP Daemon (warftpd) 1.82 RC 12 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (crash) via format string specifiers in a LIST command.
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
Format string vulnerability in War FTP Daemon (warftpd) 1.82 RC 12 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (crash) via format string specifiers in a LIST command.
- Record
CVE-2009-5141- CVSS 2.0
- 4.0 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-134
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Format string vulnerability in War FTP Daemon (warftpd) 1.82 RC 12 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (crash) via format string specifiers in a LIST command.
- Record
CVE-2009-5141- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2009-5096 No score
Format string vulnerability in War FTP Daemon (warftpd) 1.82 RC 12 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (crash) via format string specifiers in a LIST command.
- Record
EUVD-2009-5096- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-2xwc-ff9j-7r5h No score
Format string vulnerability in War FTP Daemon (warftpd) 1.82 RC 12 allows remote authenticated...
Format string vulnerability in War FTP Daemon (warftpd) 1.82 RC 12 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (crash) via format string specifiers in a LIST command.
- Record
GHSA-2xwc-ff9j-7r5h- Weakness
- CWE-134
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Public exploits
Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.
| Source | Link | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Exploit-DB | WarFTPd 1.82.00-RC12 - 'LIST' Format String Denial of Service | 2009-09-10 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, Exploit-DB, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2009-5141 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.0) in Jgaa Warftpd, published April 1, 2014. Public exploit code exists. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 2.68%, the 85th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
osvdb.org/62599
exploit-db.com/exploits/9622
archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2009-09/0105.html
warftp.org/index.php?menu=338&cmd=show_article&article_id=1003
corelan.be/index.php/forum/security-advisories-archive-2009/corelan-09001-warftpd-1-82-rc12-dos
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-5141
github.com/advisories/GHSA-2xwc-ff9j-7r5h