High
Security advisory
In uftpd before 2.12, handle_CWD in ftpcmd.c mishandled the path provided by the user, causing a NULL pointer dereference and denial of service, as demonstrated by a CWD /.. command.
- Products
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- Affected versions
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- Fixed versions
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- CVEs
- CVE-2020-14149
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 10:51 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
In uftpd before 2.12, handle_CWD in ftpcmd.c mishandled the path provided by the user, causing a NULL pointer dereference and denial of service, as demonstrated by a CWD /.. command.
osv:CVE-2020-14149
Complete source record
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