CVE-2019-25683

MEDIUM 6.2

FileZilla 3.40.0 Denial of Service via Local Search

CVSS Score

6.2

EPSS Score

0.0%

EPSS Percentile

2th

FileZilla 3.40.0 contains a denial of service vulnerability in the local search functionality that allows local attackers to crash the application by supplying a malformed path string. Attackers can trigger the crash by entering a crafted path containing 384 'A' characters followed by 'BBBB' and 'CCCC' sequences in the search directory field and initiating a local search operation.

CWE	CWE-532
Vendor	filezilla-project
Product	filezilla
Published	Apr 5, 2026
Last Updated	Apr 6, 2026

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CVSS v3 Breakdown

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

High

Affected Versions

Filezilla-Project / FileZilla

3.40.0

References

NVD ↗ CVE.org ↗ EPSS Data ↗

exploit-db.com: https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46484 filezilla-project.org: https://filezilla-project.org vulncheck.com: https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/filezilla-denial-of-service-via-local-search

Credits

Mr Winst0n