CVE-2024-57392

Buffer Overflow vulnerability in Proftpd commit 4017eff8 allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code and can cause a Denial of Service (DoS) on the FTP service by sending a maliciously crafted message to the ProFTPD service port.

Published: 2025-02-06 Last update: 2026-04-15 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Deferred，CVE State: published
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CVE-2024-57392 is rated Moderate Risk (61/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 4.61%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2024-57392

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 2026-03-29 4.82% 4.61% -0.22%
2 2026-03-18 6.18% 4.82% -1.35%
3 2026-03-17 — 6.18% —

Full EPSS history (21 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2024-57392

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 3.1 HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:N)
Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
 3.9 3.6 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2024-57392

OS Trackers for CVE-2024-57392

vendor priority summary link
debian unimportant CVE-2024-57392 unimportant priority: Debian including 1 source packages (proftpd-dfsg), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2024-57392
suse medium CVE-2024-57392 severity moderate: SUSE including 27 source package names (proftpd-1.3.8b-150600.13.6.1, proftpd-1.3.8c-2.1, …), 45 product×package rows across 5 product lines (SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Server Applications 15 SP6, SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Server Applications 15 SP7, … (5 product lines)): Fixed 45. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-57392/
ubuntu medium CVE-2024-57392 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (proftpd-dfsg), 9 status rows across 9 suites (bionic, focal, jammy, noble, oracular, plucky, questing, upstream, xenial): needs-triage 7, ignored 2. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-57392

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2024-57392

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
No affected products in dataset.

References for CVE-2024-57392

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