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CVE-2008-7264

15
FAUCET Score

CVE-2008-7264 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in the ftp_QUIT function of pyftpdlib versions prior to 0.5.0. An authenticated attacker can trigger file descriptor exhaustion and a daemon outage by sending a QUIT command during a disallowed data transfer. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.0, indicating a low severity, with an attack vector of Network, low attack complexity, requiring authentication, and resulting in partial availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 0.4.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:g.rodola:pyftpdlib:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:g.rodola:pyftpdlib:0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.1.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:g.rodola:pyftpdlib:0.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.2.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:g.rodola:pyftpdlib:0.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.3.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:g.rodola:pyftpdlib:0.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
1.38%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
69.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0138 is in the 83rd percentile among its peer group of 21,974 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: 0.5.0

Vendor Advisories (1)

pipGHSA-8p2c-fghc-9hj4medium

Improper input validation in pyftpdlib

May 17, 2022

References

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