CVE-2016-5764
Micro Focus Rumba FTP 4.X client buffer overflow makes it possible to corrupt the stack and allow arbitrary code execution. Fixed in:…
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- microfocus
Description
Micro Focus Rumba FTP 4.X client buffer overflow makes it possible to corrupt the stack and allow arbitrary code execution. Fixed in: Rumba FTP 4.5 (HF 14668). This can only occur if a client connects to a malicious server.
Public exploit
A reference of the record is tagged as an exploit or proof of concept: anyone can try it against an unpatched system.
- 40651 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
Timeline
ID reserved
By microfocus
- 4 months later
· 4 months later
Published
- 8 years later
· 8 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 | 3.0 | High8.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 7.8% · top 5.3% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 8.8.
Weakness
Affected products
Micro Focus Rumba FTP 4.X before 4.5 (HF 14668)
- affected Micro Focus Rumba FTP 4.X before 4.5 (HF 14668)
References (3)
- http://community.microfocus.com/microfocus/mainframe_solutions/rumba/w/knowledge_base/28731.rumba-ftp-4-x-security-update.aspx (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 93974 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 40651 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_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)
- 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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