CVE-2004-2259

vsftpd before 1.2.2, when under heavy load, allows attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a SIGCHLD signal during a malloc or free call, which is not re-entrant.

Published: 2004-12-31 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2004-2259 is rated Moderate Risk (47.9/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.91%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2004-2259

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 2025-03-30 2.56% 1.91% -0.65%
2 2025-03-29 1.91% 2.56% +0.65%
3 2025-03-17 — 1.91% —

Full EPSS history (8 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2004-2259

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P 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:P)
Partial availability impact.
 10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2004-2259

OS Trackers for CVE-2004-2259

vendor priority summary link
debian low CVE-2004-2259 low priority: Debian including 1 source packages (vsftpd), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2004-2259
redhat medium — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2004-2259

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2004-2259

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
beasts vsftpd 1.2.0 cpe:2.3:a:beasts:vsftpd:1.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
beasts vsftpd 1.2.1 cpe:2.3:a:beasts:vsftpd:1.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2004-2259

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