CVE-2019-25683 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2019-25683

FileZilla 3.40.0 Denial of Service via Local Search

Vulnerability Description

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.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

The following person or organization is credited with identifying this vulnerability, as recorded in the NVD database:

  • Mr Winst0n

Affected Vendor

Filezilla-Project

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Affected Software

FileZilla
Vulnerable Versions:
3.40.0

Timeline

Official Publish: April 5th, 2026
Last Modified: April 6th, 2026
Added to House: July 20th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weaknesses (CWE)