CVE-2010-4652
Heap-based buffer overflow in the sql_prepare_where function (contrib/mod_sql.c) in ProFTPD before 1.3.3d, when mod_sql is enabled, allows…
- 6.8MediumCVSS base score
- 11.2%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 4.0% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
Heap-based buffer overflow in the sql_prepare_where function (contrib/mod_sql.c) in ProFTPD before 1.3.3d, when mod_sql is enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted username containing substitution tags, which are not properly handled during construction of an SQL query.
Timeline
ID reserved
By redhat
- 30 days later
· 30 days later
Published
- 14 years later
· 14 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 | Medium6.8 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 11.2% · top 4.0% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.8.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
11
- FEDORA-2011-0610 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- FEDORA-2011-0613 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- DSA-2191 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- http://proftpd.org/docs/RELEASE_NOTES-1.3.3d (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- ADV-2011-0248 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- MDVSA-2011:023 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- http://bugs.proftpd.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3536 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=670170 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 44933 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- ADV-2011-0331 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- http://phrack.org/issues.html?issue=67&id=7#article (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_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-2010-4617 (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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