CVE-2013-4742

high

Published 2013-08-09 · Modified 2026-04-29

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CVSS v3

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CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

7.5

Description

Buffer overflow in NetWin SurgeFTP before 23d2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a long string within the authentication request.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions
netwin	surgeftp	`{"endIncluding":"2.3b1"}`
netwin	surgeftp	`2.0c`
netwin	surgeftp	`2.0d`
netwin	surgeftp	`2.0e`
netwin	surgeftp	`2.0f`
netwin	surgeftp	`2.2k1`
netwin	surgeftp	`2.2k3`
netwin	surgeftp	`2.2m1`
netwin	surgeftp	`2.3a1`
netwin	surgeftp	`2.3a2`
netwin	surgeftp	`2.3a6`
netwin	surgeftp	`2.3a7`
netwin	surgeftp	`2.3a8`
netwin	surgeftp	`2.3a9`
netwin	surgeftp	`2.3a10`
netwin	surgeftp	`2.3a12`

References

CWEs

CWE-119

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.