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High · 8.4 CVE-2016-20046 EUVD-2016-10847GHSA-7h35-2q92-xp4r

zFTP Client 20061220+dfsg3-4.1 Local Buffer Overflow

Published Mar 28, 2026 · Updated Apr 1, 2026 · Assigned by VulnCheck

Description

zFTP Client 20061220+dfsg3-4.1 contains a buffer overflow vulnerability in the NAME parameter handling of FTP connections that allows local attackers to crash the application or execute arbitrary code. Attackers can supply an oversized NAME value exceeding the 80-byte buffer allocated in strcpy_chk to overwrite the instruction pointer and execute shellcode with user privileges.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
zFTP zFTP Client 20061220+dfsg3-4.1 —

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