Vulnerability Report

CVE-2017-16513

Title: Ipswitch Ws Ftp Memory Corruption

Memory Corruption

Proof Of Concept

PoC Available for CVE-2017-16513

CWE Category CWE-119

Published Date Nov 03, 2017

Modified Date May 13, 2026

Exploit Status Available

Score 7.8 CVSS v3.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

0.03%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2017-16513: Ipswitch WS_FTP Professional before 12.6.0.3 has buffer overflows in the local search field and the backup locations field, aka WSCLT-1729.

Impacted Vendors

ipswitch 1

Reference Links

https://docs.ipswitch.com/WS_FTP126/ReleaseNotes/English/index.htm https://www.7elements.co.uk/resources/technical-advisories/ipswitch-ws_ftp-professional-local-buffer-overflow-seh-overwrite/ https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43115/ https://docs.ipswitch.com/WS_FTP126/ReleaseNotes/English/index.htm https://www.7elements.co.uk/resources/technical-advisories/ipswitch-ws_ftp-professional-local-buffer-overflow-seh-overwrite/ https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43115/

CVSS v3.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity HIGH

7.8

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Complexity

LOW

Privileges

N/A

Interaction

NONE

Confidentiality

N/A

Integrity

N/A

Availability

N/A

Scope

UNCHANGED

RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity MEDIUM

4.6

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

RAW VECTOR AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns