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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2020-1939

The Apache NuttX (Incubating) project provides an optional separate "apps" repository which contains various optional components and example programs. One of these, ftpd, had a NULL pointer dereference bug. The NuttX RTOS itself is not affected. Users of the optional apps repository are affected only if they have enabled ftpd. Versions 6.15 to 8.2 are affected.

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1 Nov 2026, 04:18 UTC · Revision 1

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CVE-2020-1939

core-osv · Original source

Published 12 May 2020, 15:15 UTC

The Apache NuttX (Incubating) project provides an optional separate "apps" repository which contains various optional components and example programs. One of these, ftpd, had a NULL pointer dereference bug. The NuttX RTOS itself is not affected. Users of the optional apps repository are affected only if they have enabled ftpd. Versions 6.15 to 8.2 are affected.

osv:CVE-2020-1939
Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-1939",
  "method": "structured",
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    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2020-1939",
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      "modified": "2026-10-24T10:30:16.841637914Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/re3adc65ff4d8d9c34e5bccba3941a28cbb0a47191c150df2727e101d%40%3Cdev.nuttx.apache.org%3E"
      ],
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  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 429427,
  "published_at": "2020-05-12T15:15:12.533+00:00"
}