CVE-2001-0965

Exp

glFTPD 1.23 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a LIST command with an argument that contains a large number of * (asterisk) characters.

Published: 2001-08-31 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2001-0965 is rated High Exploit Risk (65.3/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 6.79%, 90th percentile). Core evidence: 3 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2001-0965

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
21074 exploit_db edb 2001-08-17 Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2001-0965

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2025-03-30 8.10% 6.79% -1.30%
2 2025-03-29 6.79% 8.10% +1.30%
3 2025-03-17 6.79%

Full EPSS history (7 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2001-0965

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2001-0965

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2001-0965

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
glftpd glftpd 1.13.6 cpe:2.3:a:glftpd:glftpd:1.13.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
glftpd glftpd 1.16.9 cpe:2.3:a:glftpd:glftpd:1.16.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
glftpd glftpd 1.17.2 cpe:2.3:a:glftpd:glftpd:1.17.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
glftpd glftpd 1.18a cpe:2.3:a:glftpd:glftpd:1.18a:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
glftpd glftpd 1.19 cpe:2.3:a:glftpd:glftpd:1.19:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
glftpd glftpd 1.20 cpe:2.3:a:glftpd:glftpd:1.20:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
glftpd glftpd 1.21 cpe:2.3:a:glftpd:glftpd:1.21:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
glftpd glftpd 1.22b cpe:2.3:a:glftpd:glftpd:1.22b:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
glftpd glftpd 1.23 cpe:2.3:a:glftpd:glftpd:1.23:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2001-0965

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