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7.5high

CVE-2001-0700in critical feed1 exploit

Buffer overflow in w3m 0.2.1 and earlier allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code via a long base64 encoded MIME header.

Published 25 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON

CVSS
7.5
v2.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
12.6%
percentile 96%
Public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Buffer overflow in w3m 0.2.1 and earlier allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code via a long base64 encoded MIME header.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

12.63% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 96% of all scored CVEs.

Exploits and detections

  • EDB-20941 W3M 0.1/0.2 - Malformed MIME Header Buffer Overflow · remote · 2001-06-19

CVSS scores

Assigned byVersionScoreVector
NVD2.07.5AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

References

  • distro.conectiva.com.br /atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000434 · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_CONECTIVA, x_transferred
  • debian.org /security/2001/dsa-081 · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN, x_transferred
  • securityfocus.com /bid/2895 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, x_transferred
  • exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com /vulnerabilities/6725 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF, x_transferred
  • mi.med.tohoku.ac.jp /~satodai/w3m-dev-en/200106.month/537.html · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
  • debian.org /security/2001/dsa-064 · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN, x_transferred
  • securityfocus.com /archive/1/192371 · mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ, x_transferred

Sources

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