{
    "id": "CVE-2005-0256",
    "published": "2005-05-02 04:00:00",
    "last_modified": "2026-06-16 22:10:47",
    "cvss_score": "5.0",
    "cvss_severity": "MEDIUM",
    "cvss_version": "2.0",
    "cvss_vector": "AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P",
    "cwe": "CWE-119",
    "description": "The wu_fnmatch function in wu_fnmatch.c in wu-ftpd 2.6.1 and 2.6.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU exhaustion by recursion) via a glob pattern with a large number of * (wildcard) characters, as demonstrated using the dir command.",
    "epss_score": "0.05208",
    "epss_percentile": "0.92242",
    "kev": 0,
    "kev_due": null,
    "has_exploit": 1,
    "updated_at": "2026-10-02 18:17:04",
    "priority": {
        "rank": 2,
        "label": "Patch early",
        "why": "A public exploit exists."
    },
    "products": [
        {
            "vendor": "washington_university",
            "product": "wu-ftpd"
        }
    ],
    "kev_detail": null,
    "exploits": [
        {
            "source": "exploit-db",
            "ref_id": "842",
            "title": "WU-FTPD 2.6.2 - File Globbing Denial of Service",
            "date": "2005-02-25",
            "url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/842"
        }
    ],
    "refs_list": [
        "ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/OpenServer/SCOSA-2005.63/SCOSA-2005.63.txt",
        "http://itrc.hp.com/service/cki/docDisplay.do?docId=c00637342",
        "http://secunia.com/advisories/14411",
        "http://secunia.com/advisories/18210",
        "http://secunia.com/advisories/19561",
        "http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-101699-1",
        "http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-57795-1",
        "http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-705",
        "http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=207&type=vulnerabilities",
        "http://www.osvdb.org/14203",
        "http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/0588",
        "http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1271",
        "https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1265",
        "https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1333",
        "https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1762",
        "ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/OpenServer/SCOSA-2005.63/SCOSA-2005.63.txt",
        "http://itrc.hp.com/service/cki/docDisplay.do?docId=c00637342",
        "http://secunia.com/advisories/14411",
        "http://secunia.com/advisories/18210",
        "http://secunia.com/advisories/19561",
        "http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-101699-1",
        "http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-57795-1",
        "http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-705",
        "http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=207&type=vulnerabilities",
        "http://www.osvdb.org/14203"
    ]
}