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CVE-2003-1327 — HIGH severity vulnerability (Buffer overflow in the SockPrintf function in wu-ftpd 2.6.2)

Buffer overflow in the SockPrintf function in wu-ftpd 2.6.2 and earlier, when compiled with MAIL_ADMIN option enabled on a system that supports very long pathnames, might allow remote anonymous users to execute arbitrary code by uploading a file with a long pathname, which triggers the overflow when wu-ftpd constructs

CVE IDCVE-2003-1327
SeverityHIGH
CVSS score9.3
CVSS vectorAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
CWENVD-CWE-Other
StatusModified
Published2003-12-31
Last modified2026-04-16
DescriptionBuffer overflow in the SockPrintf function in wu-ftpd 2.6.2 and earlier, when compiled with MAIL_ADMIN option enabled on a system that supports very long pathnames, might allow remote anonymous users to execute arbitrary code by uploading a file with a long pathname, which triggers the overflow when wu-ftpd constructs a notification message to the administrator.
SourceNIST National Vulnerability Database

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