CVE-2007-5300

Exp

Off-by-one error in the do_login_loop function in libwzd-core/wzd_login.c in wzdftpd 0.8.0, 0.8.2, and possibly other versions allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via a long USER command that triggers a stack-based buffer overflow. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

Published: 2007-10-09 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2007-5300 is rated High Exploit Risk (68.6/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 15.08%, 95th percentile). Core evidence: 1 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-2007-5300

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
4498 exploit_db edb 2007-10-07 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2007-5300

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 2026-05-28 14.59% 15.08% +0.49%
2 2025-11-15 14.10% 14.59% +0.50%
3 2025-07-28 14.10%

Full EPSS history (14 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2007-5300

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-2007-5300

OS Trackers for CVE-2007-5300

vendor priority summary link
ubuntu low CVE-2007-5300 low priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (wzdftpd), 5 status rows across 5 suites (dapper, edgy, feisty, gutsy, upstream): released 4, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2007-5300

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2007-5300

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
wzdftpd wzdftpd 0.8.0 cpe:2.3:a:wzdftpd:wzdftpd:0.8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
wzdftpd wzdftpd 0.8.2 cpe:2.3:a:wzdftpd:wzdftpd:0.8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2007-5300

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