CVE-1999-0219

Exp

Buffer overflow in FTP Serv-U 2.5 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (crash) via a long (1) CWD or (2) LS (list) command.

Published: 1997-07-01 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-1999-0219 is rated High Exploit Risk (82.9/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 9.33%, 95th percentile). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +3.52% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-1999-0219

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
19218 exploit_db edb 1999-05-03 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-1999-0219

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 5.80% 9.33% +3.52%
2 2025-10-17 4.88% 5.80% +0.93%
3 2025-03-30 — 4.88% —

Full EPSS history (9 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-1999-0219

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.8 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
 10.0 6.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-1999-0219

OS Trackers for CVE-1999-0219

vendor priority summary link
alpine — CVE-1999-0219: no source package rows; 0 state rows across 0 repos (none); fixed 0, open 0. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-1999-0219

Affected software / configurations for CVE-1999-0219

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
cat_soft serv-u 2.5 cpe:2.3:a:cat_soft:serv-u:2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-1999-0219

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