Cyber Resilience

CVE-2021-46854

HighPublic PoC

Published: 23 November 2022

Published
23 November 2022
Modified
28 April 2025
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score v3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
EPSS Score 0.0180 83.2th percentile
Risk Priority 16 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2021-46854 is a high-severity Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime (CWE-401) vulnerability in Proftpd Proftpd. Its CVSS base score is 7.5 (High).

Operationally, ranked in the top 16.8% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

mod_radius in ProFTPD before 1.3.7c allows memory disclosure to RADIUS servers because it copies blocks of 16 characters.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.

Affected Assets

proftpd
proftpd
≤ 1.3.7c

Mitigating Controls

No mitigating controls mapped yet. The per-CVE control annotator has not reached this CVE.

References