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Incorrect Calculation of Buffer Size

CVE-2001-0334

High
7.5/10

Summary

FTP service in IIS 5.0 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a wildcard sequence that generates a long string when it is expanded.

  • LOW
  • NETWORK
  • NONE
  • UNCHANGED
  • NONE
  • NONE
  • NONE
  • HIGH

CWE-131 - Incorrect Calculation of Buffer Size

The software does not correctly calculate the size to be used when allocating a buffer, which could lead to a buffer overflow.

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  • Published