Is CVE-2006-6565 being actively exploited?

CVE-2006-6565 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2006-6565?

CVE-2006-6565 has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 4.0 (MEDIUM).

CVE-2006-6565

MEDIUM · CVSS 4.0EPSS 70.6%EU EUVD

FileZilla Server before 0.9.22 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a wildcard argument to the (1) LIST or (2) NLST commands, which results in a NULL pointer dereference, a different set of vectors than CVE-2006-6564. NOTE: CVE analysis suggests that the problem might be due to a malformed PORT command.

Key facts

CVSS score: 4.0 (v2.0)
Severity: MEDIUM
CVSS vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P
Weakness (CWE): CWE-476
EPSS score: 70.6% (99th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2006-6548)
Published: December 15, 2006
NVD last modified: June 16, 2026
Status: Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2006-6548 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

filezilla-project / filezilla server

References

http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=470364&group_id=21558(Product, Third Party Advisory)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4937(Third Party Advisory)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30853(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/2914(Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)

Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS

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