CVE-2005-3683

Exp

Stack-based buffer overflow in freeFTPd before 1.0.9 with Logging enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash), and possibly execute arbitrary code, via a long USER command.

Published: 2005-11-19 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2005-3683 is rated High Exploit Risk (74.8/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 71.51%, 99th percentile). 3 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2005-3683

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
16707 exploit_db edb 2010-07-03 Exploit-DB ↗
1330 exploit_db edb 2005-11-17 Exploit-DB ↗
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2005-3683

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 84.66% 71.51% -13.16%
2 2025-03-19 86.20% 84.66% -1.54%
3 2025-03-17 — 86.20% —

Full EPSS history (8 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2005-3683

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/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:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 10.0 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2005-3683

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2005-3683

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
freeftpd freeftpd 1.0 cpe:2.3:a:freeftpd:freeftpd:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
freeftpd freeftpd 1.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:freeftpd:freeftpd:1.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
freeftpd freeftpd 1.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:freeftpd:freeftpd:1.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
freeftpd freeftpd 1.0.3 cpe:2.3:a:freeftpd:freeftpd:1.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
freeftpd freeftpd 1.0.4 cpe:2.3:a:freeftpd:freeftpd:1.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
freeftpd freeftpd 1.0.5 cpe:2.3:a:freeftpd:freeftpd:1.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
freeftpd freeftpd 1.0.6 cpe:2.3:a:freeftpd:freeftpd:1.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
freeftpd freeftpd 1.0.7 cpe:2.3:a:freeftpd:freeftpd:1.0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
freeftpd freeftpd 1.0.8 cpe:2.3:a:freeftpd:freeftpd:1.0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2005-3683

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