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CVE-2001-0073
Buffer overflow in the find_default_type function in libsecure in NSA Security-enhanced Linux, which may allow attackers to modify…
Low2.1EPSS 0.39%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- mitre
Description
Buffer overflow in the find_default_type function in libsecure in NSA Security-enhanced Linux, which may allow attackers to modify critical data in memory.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 1 day later
· 1 day later
Published
- 24 years later
· 24 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Low2.1 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.39% · top 67% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 2.1.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (2)
- 20001226 buffer overflow in libsecure (NSA Security-enhanced Linux) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 2154 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
Sources
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