7.5

CVE-2001-1413: ncompress

CVSS: 7.5v2.0HighModified
AliasesDEBIAN-CVE-2001-1413
Published 20-10-2004Last modified 08-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2001-1413 is a high (CVSS 7.5) vulnerability in ncompress. EPSS estimates a 4.78% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 91.8% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
31/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.5/10
010
High · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
4.78%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 20-10-2004
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 08-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in the comprexx function for ncompress 4.2.4 and earlier, when used in situations that cross security boundaries (such as FTP server), may allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long filename argument.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

4.78%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

92%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 4.78% on 20-09-2026

20-09-202620-10-2026
EPSS score
4.78%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Debian1 product
  • ncompress< 4.2.4-15
Ncompress1 product

2 vendors · 2 products

References

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