Name: CVE-2020-9272: Out-of-bounds Read
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2020-02-20T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2020-9272, CWE-125, CVSS 7.5, EPSS 0.00518

ProFTPD 1.3.7 has an out-of-bounds (OOB) read vulnerability in mod_cap via the cap_text.c cap_to_text function.

CVSS Details

CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 7.5
CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)

Covered by Rapid7

Product	Vendor Advisory	Solution File	Added	Published
Debian	—	Upgrade proftpd-dfsg	Jul 30, 2024	Feb 20, 2020
Gentoo Linux	—	Upgrade net-ftp/proftpd.	Mar 17, 2020	Feb 20, 2020
Proftp Proftpd	—	Update ProFTP ProFTPd to the latest version	Nov 6, 2025	Feb 20, 2020
Suse	—	Upgrade proftpdUpgrade proftpd-radiusUpgrade proftpd-sqliteUpgrade proftpd-langUpgrade proftpd-pgsqlUpgrade proftpd-docUpgrade proftpd-ldapUpgrade proftpd-develUpgrade proftpd-mysql	Mar 3, 2020	Feb 20, 2020

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CVSS Details

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