CVE-2005-0484: Gproftpd

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 10.9% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Format string vulnerability in gprostats for GProFTPD before 8.1.9 may allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an FTP transfer with a crafted filename that causes format string specifiers to be inserted into the ProFTPD transfer log.

Affected products

• Gproftpd Gproftpd: up to and including 8.1.8

Published 2005-03-30. Last modified 2026-06-16.