High
Security advisory
In Tinyftp Tinyftpd 1.1, a buffer overflow exists in the text variable of the do_mkd function in the ftpproto.c file. An attacker can overwrite ebp via a long pathname.
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- Affected versions
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- Fixed versions
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- CVEs
- CVE-2018-17106
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
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- 31 Oct 2026, 10:44 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
In Tinyftp Tinyftpd 1.1, a buffer overflow exists in the text variable of the do_mkd function in the ftpproto.c file. An attacker can overwrite ebp via a long pathname.
osv:CVE-2018-17106
Complete source record
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