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.

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Attack Requirements None

User Interaction None

Vulnerable System Confidentiality Impact None

Vulnerable System Integrity Impact None

Vulnerable System Availability Impact High

Subsequent System Confidentiality Impact None

Subsequent System Integrity Impact None

Subsequent System Availability Impact None

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

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Filezilla-Project FileZilla affected
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3.40.0 affected —

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https://filezilla-project.org cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46484 cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/filezilla-denial-of-service-via-local-search cve-icon cve-icon
History

Sun, 05 Apr 2026 20:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
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.
Title FileZilla 3.40.0 Denial of Service via Local Search
First Time appeared Filezilla-project
Filezilla-project filezilla Server
Weaknesses CWE-532
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:filezilla-project:filezilla_server:3.40.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Filezilla-project
Filezilla-project filezilla Server
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.2, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 6.9, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulnCheck

Published:

Updated: 2026-04-05T20:45:32.632Z

Reserved: 2026-04-05T15:16:49.556Z

Link: CVE-2019-25683

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-04-05T21:16:46.800

Modified: 2026-04-05T21:16:46.800

Link: CVE-2019-25683

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