CVE-2008-2031

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VicFTPS 5.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted LIST command, which triggers a NULL pointer dereference. NOTE: the provenance of this information is unknown; the details are obtained solely from third party information.

Published: 2008-04-30 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2008-2031 is rated High Exploit Risk (72.2/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 53.86%, 98th percentile). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +2.95% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Mandatory action: 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-2008-2031

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
6834 exploit_db edb 2008-10-24 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-2031

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 2025-06-20 50.91% 53.86% +2.95%
2 2025-03-30 53.43% 50.91% -2.52%
3 2025-03-29 53.43%

Full EPSS history (9 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-2031

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-2008-2031

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-2031

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
vicftps vicftps 5.0 cpe:2.3:a:vicftps:vicftps:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2008-2031

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