7.5

CVE-2001-1022: gnu groff

CVSS: 7.5v2.0HighModified
Published 25-06-2002Last modified 08-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2001-1022 is a high (CVSS 7.5) vulnerability in gnu groff. EPSS estimates a 11.44% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 95.9% of scored vulnerabilities. 2 public exploits are recorded.

Overall risk
42/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.5/10
010
High · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
11.44%
0%100%
Medium · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits2reference, exploit-database

Timeline

  1. 25-06-2002
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 08-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Format string vulnerability in pic utility in groff 1.16.1 and other versions, and jgroff before 1.15, allows remote attackers to bypass the -S option and execute arbitrary commands via format string specifiers in the plot command.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

11.44%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

96%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 11.44% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
11.44%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

2 found
  • referenceUnverified

    Exploit Reference (securityfocus.com)

    Maturity: unknown

  • exploit-databaseremotelinuxVerified

    GNU groff 1.1x - xploitation Via LPD

    Maturity: weaponized

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Gnu1 product
  • groff1.10 | 1.11 | 1.11a | 1.14 | 1.15 | 1.16.1

1 vendor · 1 product

References

8 links