CVE-2023-22551

7.5 highEPSS 1.5%

High (7.5) in ftp project ftp. EPSS 1.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The FTP (aka "Implementation of a simple FTP client and server") project through 96c1a35 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by engaging in client activity, such as establishing and then terminating a connection. This occurs because malloc is used but free is not.

Severity

CVSS 3.1

7.5 high

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

EPSS: 1.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 74% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
Published: 2023-01-01
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

ftp_project:ftp

References

https://github.com/rovinbhandari/FTP/issues/8
https://github.com/rovinbhandari/FTP/issues/8

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