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

Affects Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 vsftpdSource CVE Database V5

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Not known to be exploited · CVSS 6.5 Medium : upgrade the Red Hat redhat/vsftpd package to 10.2 or 9.8 when convenient.

Data as of 26 Oct 2026, 10:12 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 26 Oct 2026.

What to do

Upgrade the Red Hat redhat/vsftpd package to 10.2 or 9.8.

Affected software

ProductAffectedFixed 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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