CVE-2006-6565 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in FileZilla Server versions prior to 0.9.22. This flaw allows authenticated remote attackers to crash the server by providing a wildcard argument to the LIST or NLST commands, leading to a NULL pointer dereference. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.0, indicating a medium severity, with an attack vector over the network, low attack complexity, and a partial impact on availability. While not listed on the KEV catalog or Hot List, exploit modules are available in Metasploit and Nuclei, and an ExploitDB entry exists, suggesting public knowledge of exploitation methods. Despite this, there is no recorded community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 0.9.22CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:filezilla-project:filezilla_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.