CVE-2014-4643

Exp

Multiple heap-based buffer overflows in the client in Core FTP LE 2.2 build 1798 allow remote FTP servers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long string in a reply to a (1) USER, (2) PASS, (3) PASV, (4) SYST, (5) PWD, or (6) CDUP command.

Published: 2014-06-25 Last update: 2026-05-06 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2014-4643 is rated High Exploit Risk (63.1/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 8.76%, 94th 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-2014-4643

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
33713 exploit_db edb 2014-06-11 Exploit-DB ↗
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2014-4643

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 21.21% 8.76% -12.46%
2 2026-02-08 22.41% 21.21% -1.20%
3 2025-03-30 — 22.41% —

Full EPSS history (20 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2014-4643

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-2014-4643

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2014-4643

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
coreftp core_ftp 2.2 cpe:2.3:a:coreftp:core_ftp:2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2014-4643

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