CVE-2017-6880
Buffer overflow in Cerberus FTP Server 8.0.10.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of...
Buffer overflow in Cerberus FTP Server 8.0.10.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a long MLST command.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
Buffer overflow in Cerberus FTP Server 8.0.10.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a long MLST command.
- Record
CVE-2017-6880- CVSS 3.0
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 7.5 High
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-119
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Buffer overflow in Cerberus FTP Server 8.0.10.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a long MLST command.
- Record
CVE-2017-6880- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2017-15934 No score
Buffer overflow in Cerberus FTP Server 8.0.10.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a long MLST command.
- Record
EUVD-2017-15934- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-v4mg-j38m-rpp5
Buffer overflow in Cerberus FTP Server 8.0.10.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of...
Buffer overflow in Cerberus FTP Server 8.0.10.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a long MLST command.
- Record
GHSA-v4mg-j38m-rpp5- CVSS 3.0
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-119
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Public exploits
Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.
| Source | Link | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Exploit-DB | Cerberus FTP Server 8.0.10.3 - 'MLST' Buffer Overflow (PoC) | 2017-03-16 |
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-2017-6880 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.8) in Cerberus Ftp Server, published March 17, 2017. Public exploit code exists. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 14.3%, the 96th percentile. No source names a fixed version.