HighCVENVD — high/critical CVEs (rolling 7d)· 22 Mar 2026

CVE-2019-25611 — MiniFtp contains a buffer overflow vulnerability in the parseconf_load_setting…

Severity: High · Kind: Vulnerability

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MiniFtp contains a buffer overflow vulnerability in the parseconf_load_setting function that allows local attackers to execute arbitrary code by supplying oversized configuration values. Attackers can craft a miniftpd.conf file with values exceeding 128 bytes to overflow stack buffers and overwrite the return address, enabling code execution with root privileges.

Vulnerability facts

CVE
CVE-2019-25611
CVSS
8.4

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