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CVE-2007-6740

15
FAUCET Score

CVE-2007-6740 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in the ftp_STOU function of pyftpdlib versions prior to 0.2.0. This flaw allows remote authenticated users to exhaust system resources by repeatedly attempting to discover a unique filename via the STOU command. With a CVSS score of 4.0 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P), it indicates a low-severity issue requiring authentication for exploitation, leading to a partial denial of service. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 0.1.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:g.rodola:pyftpdlib:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:g.rodola:pyftpdlib:0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

4.0MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
SINGLE
Exploitability Score
8.0
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.78%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
76.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0178 is in the 89th percentile among its peer group of 21,958 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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.

Media 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

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

pippatch availablevia ghsa
Product: pyftpdlibFixed in: 0.2.0

Vendor Advisories (1)

pipGHSA-cx59-cp6c-9fr8high

pyftpdlib vulnerable to allocation of resources without limits

May 1, 2022

References

code.google.com / p/pyftpdlib/issues/detail
code.google.com / p/pyftpdlib/source/browse/trunk/HISTORY
code.google.com / p/pyftpdlib/source/detail
code.google.com / p/pyftpdlib/source/diff