CVE-2001-0641: immunix
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2001-0641 is a medium (CVSS 4.6) vulnerability in immunix. EPSS estimates a 1.26% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 69% of scored vulnerabilities. 2 public exploits are recorded.
Timeline
- 09-03-2002PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 08-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
Buffer overflow in man program in various distributions of Linux allows local user to execute arbitrary code as group man via a long -S option.
CVSS metrics
1 score · 1 source · 1 versionEPSS trend
Probability
1.26%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
69%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
0.00 pp
From 1.26% on 18-09-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
2 foundExploit Reference (securityfocus.com)
Maturity: unknown
Immunix OS 6.2/7.0 / RedHat 5.2/6.2/7.0 / SuSE Linux 6.x/7.0/7.1 - 'Man -S' Heap Overflow
Maturity: weaponized
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeNo weakness data has been published for this record.
Affected systems
Immunix1 product
- immunix6.2 | 7.0 | 7.0_beta
Redhat1 product
- linux5.2 | 6.2 | 7.0
Suse1 product
- suse_linux6.0 | 6.1 | 6.2 | 6.3 | 6.4 | 7.0 | 7.1
3 vendors · 3 products
References
6 links- archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-05/0087.htmlMailing ListX Refsource BUGTRAQVendor Advisory