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 malfo…

Code

The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.

No public source repository is identified for this product.

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

1. Apr 5, 2026 · NIST NVD

   Detected

   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.

2. Jul 24, 2026 · NIST NVD

   Updated

   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.

Affected

• cpe filezilla-project/filezilla client3.40.0

Sources

• CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2019-25683

  Official CVE identifier

  cve.org
• NIST NVDVulnerability recordCVE-2019-25683

  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 follow

  nvd.nist.gov

References

• Product · filezilla-project.org
• Exploit · exploit-db.com
• Third Party Advisory · vulncheck.com