CVE-1999-1510Buffer overflows in Bisonware FTP server prior to 4.1 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service, and possibly execute arbitrary…
- 7.5HighCVSS base score
- 67.1%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 0.7% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 4Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Buffer overflows in Bisonware FTP server prior to 4.1 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service, and possibly execute arbitrary commands, via long (1) USER, (2) LIST, or (3) CWD commands.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list a Metasploit module and 3 Exploit-DB entries for it.
Show the exploits4
Metasploit modules1 module
- BisonWare BisonFTP Server Buffer Overflow (Metasploit module) (opens in a new tab)
exploit/windows/ftp/bison_ftp_bofRank normaldisclosed 7 Aug 2011
Exploit-DB3 entries
- BisonWare BisonFTP Server 3.5 - Remote Buffer Overflow (Metasploit) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 17810remote, windowspublished 9 Sept 2011Verified
- BisonWare BisonFTP Server 3.5 - Remote Buffer Overflow (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 17649remote, windowspublished 10 Aug 2011Verified
- BisonWare BisohFTP Server 3.5 - Multiple Vulnerabilities (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 19219remote, linuxpublished 17 May 1999Verified
Modules, templates and exploits as listed by the Metasploit Framework (BSD-3-Clause), ProjectDiscovery's Nuclei templates (MIT) and the Exploit Database (GPLv2), read once a day. Where the data comes from
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 12 days later
· 12 days later
Published
- 23 years later
· 23 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 67.1% · top 0.7% of all CVEs (14 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
References2
- 19990517 Vulnerabilities in BisonWare FTP Server 3.5 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_NTBUGTRAQx_transferred
- bisonware-command-bo(3234) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-1999-1491 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-1999-1510)Record last updated .