CVE-2001-0941
Buffer overflow in dbsnmp in Oracle 8.0.6 through 9.0.1 allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a long ORACLE_HOME environment…
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- mitre
Description
Buffer overflow in dbsnmp in Oracle 8.0.6 through 9.0.1 allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a long ORACLE_HOME environment variable.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list an Exploit-DB entry for it.
Exploit-DB1 entry
- Oracle 8/9i - DBSNMP Oracle Home Environment Variable Buffer Overflow (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 21044local, windowspublished 2 Aug 2001Verified
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Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 2 days later
· 2 days later
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)
- 1.7% · top 23% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
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)
- 3138 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://otn.oracle.com/deploy/security/pdf/dbsmp_alert.pdf (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 20011130 ASI Oracle Security Alert: Oracle Home Environment Variable Buffer Overflow (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- oracle-dbsnmp-home-bo(7643) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_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)
- EUVD EUVD-2001-0924 (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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