CVE-2012-5329

Exp

Buffer overflow in TYPSoft FTP Server 1.1 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a long string in an APPE command.

Published: 2012-10-08 Last update: 2026-04-29 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2012-5329 is rated High Exploit Risk (62.7/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 5.92%). Core evidence: 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). 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-2012-5329

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
36972 exploit_db edb 2012-03-19 Exploit-DB ↗
18615 exploit_db edb 2012-03-17 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2012-5329

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 5.57% 5.92% +0.35%
2 2025-03-29 5.92% 5.57% -0.35%
3 2025-03-17 5.92%

Full EPSS history (16 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2012-5329

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/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:S)
A single authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
8.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2012-5329

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2012-5329

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
typsoft typsoft_ftp_server 1.1 cpe:2.3:a:typsoft:typsoft_ftp_server:1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2012-5329

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