CVE-2004-0159: Samhain Labs Hsftp

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 9% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Format string vulnerability in hsftp 1.11 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via file names containing format string characters that are not properly handled when executing an "ls" command.

Affected products

• Samhain Labs Hsftp: version 1.4 only; version 1.5 only; version 1.6 only; version 1.7 only; version 1.9 only; version 1.10 only; …

Published 2004-03-15. Last modified 2026-06-16.