---
id: CVE-2025-14242
title: A flaw was found in vsftpd
summary: >-
  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 byt…
severity: medium
cvss: 6.5
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'
cwe:
  - CWE-190
published: '2026-01-14'
updated: '2026-06-25'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-14242'
references:
  - url: 'https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:0605'
    label: secalert@redhat.com
  - url: 'https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:0606'
    label: secalert@redhat.com
  - url: 'https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:0608'
    label: secalert@redhat.com
  - url: 'https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:4470'
    label: secalert@redhat.com
  - url: 'https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:4477'
    label: secalert@redhat.com
  - url: 'https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:4513'
    label: secalert@redhat.com
  - url: 'https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:4522'
    label: secalert@redhat.com
  - url: 'https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:4525'
    label: secalert@redhat.com
  - url: 'https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:4543'
    label: secalert@redhat.com
  - url: 'https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:4550'
    label: secalert@redhat.com
  - url: 'https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:4553'
    label: secalert@redhat.com
  - url: 'https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:4554'
    label: secalert@redhat.com
  - url: 'https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-14242'
    label: secalert@redhat.com
  - url: 'https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2419826'
    label: secalert@redhat.com
tags:
  - nvd
epss: 0.00819
epssPercentile: 0.55427
ingestedAt: '2026-06-29T13:24:34.629Z'
---

## Overview

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.

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.