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CVE-2025-14242VulnerabilityPublished Updated

CVE-2025-14242: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 · Integer Overflow or Wraparound

Affects Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10Source CVE Database V5

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Not known to be exploited · CVSS 6.5 Medium : upgrade to 10.2 or 9.8 when convenient.

Data as of 26 Oct 2026, 07:57 UTC

CVSS 3.1 base score
6.5Medium
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.
EPSS
0.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 56% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
Patch
Available – fixed in 10.2, 9.8
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 14 Jan 2026

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponised: no evidence on record.

    No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB

  4. Exploited in the wild: no evidence on record.

    Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation

  5. Observed by OffSeq Mirage: no evidence on record.

    No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 2026-10-26.

What to do

Upgrade redhat/vsftpd to 10.2 or 9.8.

Affected software

ProductAffectedFixed in
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 10Affected–Fixed in–
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 10.0 Extended Update SupportAffected–Fixed in–
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 8Affected–Fixed in–
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Advanced Update SupportAffected–Fixed in–
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Advanced Mission Critical Update SupportAffected–Fixed in–
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Extended Update Support Long-Life Add-OnAffected–Fixed in–
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Advanced Mission Critical Update SupportAffected–Fixed in–
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Telecommunications Update ServiceAffected–Fixed in–
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Update Services for SAP SolutionsAffected–Fixed in–
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Telecommunications Update ServiceAffected–Fixed in–
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Update Services for SAP SolutionsAffected–Fixed in–
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 9Affected–Fixed in–
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0 Update Services for SAP SolutionsAffected–Fixed in–
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 Update Services for SAP SolutionsAffected–Fixed in–
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 9.4 Extended Update SupportAffected–Fixed in–
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 9.6 Extended Update SupportAffected–Fixed in–
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 6Affected–Fixed in–
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 7Affected–Fixed in–
Red Hatredhat/vsftpdpkg:rpm/redhat/vsftpdOther threatsAffected
  • <10.2
  • <9.8
Fixed in
  • 10.2
  • 9.8

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AI-suggested

Red Hat has released official security updates for vsftpd that address CVE-2025-14242. Users should apply the updated packages as described in Red Hat advisories RHSA-2026:0605 (for RHEL 9) and RHSA-2026:0606 (for RHEL 10). Detailed update instructions are available at https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258. Applying these updates mitigates the vulnerability. No additional mitigation steps are indicated by the vendor.

Description

A flaw was found in vsftpd. This vulnerability allows a denial of service (DoS) via an integer overflow in the ls command parameter parsing, triggered by a remote, authenticated attacker sending a crafted STAT command with a specific byte sequence.

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