{"cve":"CVE-2019-18217","nvd":{"published":"2019-10-21T04:15:10.433","modified":"2026-06-17T02:24:30.160","status":"Modified","description":"ProFTPD before 1.3.6b and 1.3.7rc before 1.3.7rc2 allows remote unauthenticated denial-of-service due to incorrect handling of overly long commands because main.c in a child process enters an infinite loop.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","score":7.5},"cwes":["CWE-835"],"references":["http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-01/msg00009.html","https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-940889.pdf","https://github.com/proftpd/proftpd/blob/1.3.6/NEWS","https://github.com/proftpd/proftpd/blob/1.3.6/RELEASE_NOTES","https://github.com/proftpd/proftpd/blob/master/NEWS"],"products":["proftpd:proftpd"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T20:59:10.855360465+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2019-18217","score":0.2025,"percentile":0.9747,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}