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CVE-2001-0691
Buffer overflows in Washington University imapd 2000a through 2000c could allow local users without shell access to execute code as…
Medium4.6EPSS 0.50%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- mitre
Description
Buffer overflows in Washington University imapd 2000a through 2000c could allow local users without shell access to execute code as themselves in certain configurations.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
Published
- 23 years later
· 23 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 | Medium4.6 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.50% · top 57% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.6.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (4)
- imap-ipop2d-ipop3d-bo(6269) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 2856 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- RHSA-2001:094 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- MDKSA-2001:054 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRAKEx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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