Is CVE-2011-0762 being actively exploited?

CVE-2011-0762 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2011-0762?

CVE-2011-0762 has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 4.0 (MEDIUM).

CVE-2011-0762

MEDIUM · CVSS 4.0EPSS 73.9%EU EUVD

The vsf_filename_passes_filter function in ls.c in vsftpd before 2.3.3 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption and process slot exhaustion) via crafted glob expressions in STAT commands in multiple FTP sessions, a different vulnerability than CVE-2010-2632.

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-400
EPSS score: 73.9% (99th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2011-0774)
Published: March 2, 2011
NVD last modified: June 16, 2026
Status: Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2011-0774 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

canonical / ubuntu linux
canonical / ubuntu linux
canonical / ubuntu linux
canonical / ubuntu linux
canonical / ubuntu linux
debian / debian linux
debian / debian linux
debian / debian linux
fedoraproject / fedora
fedoraproject / fedora
fedoraproject / fedora
opensuse / opensuse
opensuse / opensuse
opensuse / opensuse
suse / linux enterprise server
suse / linux enterprise server
suse / linux enterprise server
suse / linux enterprise server
vsftpd project / vsftpd

Certified products that may be affected

2 FIPS 140 or Common Criteria certified products, from automated matching by sec-certs.org.

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server Version 9 with Service Pack 2, ProPack 4 for Service Pack 2 and certification-sles-sgi-eal3 package - SUSE Linux Products Gmbh - Common Criteria BSI-DSZ-CC-0292-2005 - archived
SuSE Linux Enterprise Server Version 9 with certification-sles-ibm-eal4 package - SUSE Linux Products Gmbh - Common Criteria BSI-DSZ-CC-0256-2005 - archived

References

ftp://vsftpd.beasts.org/users/cevans/untar/vsftpd-2.3.4/Changelog(Broken Link)
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=622741(Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory)
http://cxib.net/stuff/vspoc232.c(Broken Link)
http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN37417423/index.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/055881.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/055882.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/055957.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-05/msg00005.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=133226187115472&w=2(Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory)
http://securityreason.com/achievement_securityalert/95(Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8109(Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2305(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/16270(Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/590604(Broken Link)
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:049(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0337.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/516748/100/0/threaded(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46617(Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1025186(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1098-1(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0547(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0639(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0668(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0713(Third Party Advisory)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/65873(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)

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

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