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Vulnerability details: VCID-crtn-sf6h-t7e3
Vulnerability ID VCID-crtn-sf6h-t7e3
Aliases CVE-2008-7264
GHSA-8p2c-fghc-9hj4
PYSEC-2010-6
Summary The ftp_QUIT function in ftpserver.py in pyftpdlib before 0.5.0 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (file descriptor exhaustion and daemon outage) by sending a QUIT command during a disallowed data-transfer attempt.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 6.2
Risk 3.1
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (3)
CWE-20 Improper Input Validation
CWE-937 OWASP Top Ten 2013 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
CWE-1035 OWASP Top Ten 2017 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
System Score Found at
cvssv3.1 4.3 http://code.google.com/p/pyftpdlib/issues/detail?id=71
cvssv4 5.3 http://code.google.com/p/pyftpdlib/issues/detail?id=71
generic_textual MODERATE http://code.google.com/p/pyftpdlib/issues/detail?id=71
cvssv3.1 4.3 http://code.google.com/p/pyftpdlib/source/browse/trunk/HISTORY
cvssv4 5.3 http://code.google.com/p/pyftpdlib/source/browse/trunk/HISTORY
generic_textual MODERATE http://code.google.com/p/pyftpdlib/source/browse/trunk/HISTORY
cvssv3.1 4.3 http://code.google.com/p/pyftpdlib/source/detail?r=344
cvssv4 5.3 http://code.google.com/p/pyftpdlib/source/detail?r=344
generic_textual MODERATE http://code.google.com/p/pyftpdlib/source/detail?r=344
cvssv3.1 4.3 http://code.google.com/p/pyftpdlib/source/diff?spec=svn344&r=344&format=side&path=/trunk/pyftpdlib/ftpserver.py
cvssv4 5.3 http://code.google.com/p/pyftpdlib/source/diff?spec=svn344&r=344&format=side&path=/trunk/pyftpdlib/ftpserver.py
generic_textual MODERATE http://code.google.com/p/pyftpdlib/source/diff?spec=svn344&r=344&format=side&path=/trunk/pyftpdlib/ftpserver.py
epss 0.0081 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2008-7264
epss 0.0081 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2008-7264
epss 0.0081 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2008-7264
epss 0.0081 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2008-7264
cvssv3.1 4.3 https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-8p2c-fghc-9hj4
cvssv3.1_qr MODERATE https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-8p2c-fghc-9hj4
cvssv4 5.3 https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-8p2c-fghc-9hj4
generic_textual MODERATE https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-8p2c-fghc-9hj4
cvssv3.1 4.3 https://github.com/giampaolo/pyftpdlib
cvssv4 5.3 https://github.com/giampaolo/pyftpdlib
generic_textual MODERATE https://github.com/giampaolo/pyftpdlib
cvssv3.1 4.3 https://github.com/giampaolo/pyftpdlib/issues/71
cvssv4 5.3 https://github.com/giampaolo/pyftpdlib/issues/71
generic_textual MODERATE https://github.com/giampaolo/pyftpdlib/issues/71
cvssv3.1 4.3 https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/pyftpdlib/PYSEC-2010-6.yaml
cvssv4 5.3 https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/pyftpdlib/PYSEC-2010-6.yaml
generic_textual MODERATE https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/pyftpdlib/PYSEC-2010-6.yaml
cvssv3.1 4.3 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-7264
cvssv4 5.3 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-7264
generic_textual MODERATE https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-7264
Reference id Reference type URL
http://code.google.com/p/pyftpdlib/issues/detail?id=71
http://code.google.com/p/pyftpdlib/source/browse/trunk/HISTORY
http://code.google.com/p/pyftpdlib/source/detail?r=344
http://code.google.com/p/pyftpdlib/source/diff?spec=svn344&r=344&format=side&path=/trunk/pyftpdlib/ftpserver.py
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2008-7264
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-8p2c-fghc-9hj4
https://github.com/giampaolo/pyftpdlib
https://github.com/giampaolo/pyftpdlib/issues/71
https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/pyftpdlib/PYSEC-2010-6.yaml
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-7264
No exploits are available.
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L Found at http://code.google.com/p/pyftpdlib/issues/detail?id=71
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Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N Found at http://code.google.com/p/pyftpdlib/issues/detail?id=71
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L Found at http://code.google.com/p/pyftpdlib/source/browse/trunk/HISTORY
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Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N Found at http://code.google.com/p/pyftpdlib/source/browse/trunk/HISTORY
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L Found at http://code.google.com/p/pyftpdlib/source/detail?r=344
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Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N Found at http://code.google.com/p/pyftpdlib/source/detail?r=344
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L Found at http://code.google.com/p/pyftpdlib/source/diff?spec=svn344&r=344&format=side&path=/trunk/pyftpdlib/ftpserver.py
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Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N Found at http://code.google.com/p/pyftpdlib/source/diff?spec=svn344&r=344&format=side&path=/trunk/pyftpdlib/ftpserver.py
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L Found at https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-8p2c-fghc-9hj4
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Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N Found at https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-8p2c-fghc-9hj4
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L Found at https://github.com/giampaolo/pyftpdlib
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Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N Found at https://github.com/giampaolo/pyftpdlib
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L Found at https://github.com/giampaolo/pyftpdlib/issues/71
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Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N Found at https://github.com/giampaolo/pyftpdlib/issues/71
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L Found at https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/pyftpdlib/PYSEC-2010-6.yaml
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-7264
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Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-7264
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Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.74661
EPSS Score 0.0081
Published At June 11, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
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