CVE-2020-28864
CRITICAL
9.8
CVSS Score
Published: November 23, 2020 at 06:12 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 03:10 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorWinscp
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Severity
CRITICAL9.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 3%
Description
Buffer overflow in WinSCP 5.17.8 allows a malicious FTP server to cause a denial of service or possibly have other unspecified impact via a long file name.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (2)
x_refsource_MISCVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://winscp.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=30085x_refsource_MISCIssue TrackingVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://winscp.net/tracker/1924CVSS
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- HIGH
- Integrity
- HIGH
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-120
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