CVE-2019-25683
FileZilla 3.40.0 Denial of Service via Local Search
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 6.9 Medium
- Published
- Apr 5, 2026
- Updated
- Apr 6, 2026
- Reserved
- Apr 5, 2026
Description
FileZilla 3.40.0 contains a denial of service vulnerability in the local search functionality that allows local attackers to crash the application by supplying a malformed path string. Attackers can trigger the crash by entering a crafted path containing 384 'A' characters followed by 'BBBB' and 'CCCC' sequences in the search directory field and initiating a local search operation.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.0 | 6.9 Medium | CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N | VulnCheck |
| 3.1 | 6.2 Medium | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H | VulnCheck |
Weaknesses
- CWE-532 Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
FileZillaFilezilla-Project |
|
References
- ExploitDB-46484exploit
- Official Product Homepageproduct
- VulnCheck Advisory: FileZilla 3.40.0 Denial of Service via Local Searchthird-party-advisory
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