What is CVE-2008-7265?

CVE-2008-7265 is a vulnerability in Proftpd, classified under CWE-399. Published 2010-11-09.

Is CVE-2008-7265 known to be exploited?

13 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Vulnerability in Proftpd

CVE-2008-7265

The pr_data_xfer function in ProFTPD before 1.3.2rc3 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via an ABOR command during a data transfer.

Published 2010-11-09 · last modified 2026-06-16.

CVSS v2 metric

CVSS v2 base score 4.0 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.032 (87.7th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 88th percentile — 87.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.032 · newest: 0.032 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Proftpd — versions 1.2.7, 1.3.2, 1.2.8

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-399

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2191 (vendor-advisory)
bugs.proftpd.org/show_bug.cgi (Patch)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2008-7265?: CVE-2008-7265 is a vulnerability in Proftpd, classified under CWE-399. Published 2010-11-09.
Is CVE-2008-7265 known to be exploited?: 13 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.