CVE-2007-5962

Memory leak in a certain Red Hat patch, applied to vsftpd 2.0.5 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL...

7.1 HighPublic exploitFix available

Memory leak in a certain Red Hat patch, applied to vsftpd 2.0.5 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5 and Fedora 6 through 8, and on Foresight Linux and rPath appliances, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a large number of CWD commands, as demonstrated by an attack on a daemon with the deny_file configuration option.

Exploit likelihood

12.1%Down 0.5 points since Feb 4, 2022

What each source reports

NVD Score used 7.1

Record: CVE-2007-5962
CVSS 2.0: 7.1 HighAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Weakness: CWE-399
Updated: 2026-11-02

CVE List No score

Record: CVE-2007-5962
Updated: 2026-11-02

EUVDEUVD-2007-5932 No score

Record: EUVD-2007-5932
Updated: 2026-11-03

GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-67jj-2hgw-486p No score

Memory leak in a certain Red Hat patch, applied to vsftpd 2.0.5 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL...

Record: GHSA-67jj-2hgw-486p
Updated: 2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
Package	Affected	Fixed
`vsftpd` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client_workstation	before 0:2.0.5-12.el5	0:2.0.5-12.el5
`vsftpd-debuginfo` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client_workstation	before 0:2.0.5-12.el5	0:2.0.5-12.el5
`vsftpd` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server	before 0:2.0.5-12.el5	0:2.0.5-12.el5
`vsftpd-debuginfo` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server	before 0:2.0.5-12.el5	0:2.0.5-12.el5

Public exploits

Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.

Public exploits
Source	Link	Date
Exploit-DB	vsftpd 2.0.5 - 'deny_file' Option Remote Denial of Service (1)	2008-05-21
Exploit-DB	vsftpd 2.0.5 - 'deny_file' Option Remote Denial of Service (2)	2008-05-21
Exploit-DB	vsftpd 2.0.5 - 'CWD' (Authenticated) Remote Memory Consumption	2008-06-14
PoC in GitHub	antogit-sys/CVE-2007-5962	2023-05-22

History

History
Recorded	Changed	Sources
Nov 3, 2026	aliases	EUVD
Nov 2, 2026	affected, aliases, exploits, facts, references, title	Exploit-DB, GitHub Advisories, OSV, PoC in GitHub
Nov 2, 2026	first indexed	CVE List, NVD

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2007-5962 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.1) in Foresight Linux Appliances, published May 22, 2008. Public exploit code exists. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 12.1%, the 96th percentile. Fixed in vsftpd 0:2.0.5-12.el5.

References

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