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CVE-2020-9365

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2020-9365 describes an out-of-bounds read vulnerability in the pure_strcmp function of Pure-FTPd 1.0.49, impacting various Fedora Project and Pure-FTPd distributions. Rated 7.5 HIGH, this vulnerability is network-exploitable with low complexity, potentially leading to high confidentiality impact without requiring user interaction or privileges. While no active exploitation or public exploit code (Metasploit, ExploitDB) is confirmed, Nuclei templates exist, and it has a high FAUCET Risk Score, despite minimal community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.0.49CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:pureftpd:pure-ftpd:1.0.49:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
30CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:30:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
31CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:31:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
32CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:32:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.5HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
7.11%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
93.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
Nuclei: CVE-2020-9365 · Oct 2, 2025
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0711 is in the 89th percentile among its peer group of 51,485 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

References

github.com / jedisct1/pure-ftpd/commit/36c6d268cb190282a2c17106acfd31863121b58e
PatchThird Party Advisory
github.com / jedisct1/pure-ftpd/commit/bf6fcd4935e95128cf22af5924cdc8fe5c0579da
PatchThird Party Advisory
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/22P44PECZWNDP7CMBL7NRBMNFS73C5Z2
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/B5NSUDWXZVWUCL6R2PTX3KBB42Z62CA5
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/U5DBVHJCXWRSJPNJQCJQCKZF6ZDPZCKA
security.gentoo.org / glsa/202003-54
Third Party Advisory