4.6

CVE-2001-1442: isc inn

CVSS: 4.6v2.0MediumModified
AliasesDEBIAN-CVE-2001-1442
Published 21-04-2005Last modified 08-08-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2001-1442 is a medium (CVSS 4.6) vulnerability in isc inn. EPSS estimates a 1.89% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 79.2% of scored vulnerabilities. 6 public exploits are recorded.

Overall risk
29/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
4.6/10
010
Medium · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
1.89%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits6reference, exploit-database

Timeline

  1. 21-04-2005
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 08-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Buffer overflow in innfeed for ISC InterNetNews (INN) before 2.3.0 allows local users in the "news" group to gain privileges via a long -c command line argument.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

1.89%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

79%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 1.89% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
1.89%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

6 found
  • referenceUnverified

    Exploit Reference (securitytracker.com)

    Maturity: unknown

  • referenceUnverified

    Exploit Reference (securityfocus.com)

    Maturity: unknown

  • referenceUnverified

    Exploit Reference (securityfocus.com)

    Maturity: unknown

Show all 6 exploits
  • referenceUnverified

    Exploit Reference (archives.neohapsis.com)

    Maturity: unknown

  • exploit-databaselocallinuxVerified

    ISC INN 2.x - Command-Line Buffer Overflow (1)

    Maturity: weaponized

  • exploit-databaselocallinuxVerified

    ISC INN 2.x - Command-Line Buffer Overflow (2)

    Maturity: weaponized

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Debian1 product
  • inn2< 2.3.3+20020922-1
Isc1 product
  • inn2.0 | 2.1 | 2.2 | 2.2.1 | 2.2.2 | 2.2.3

2 vendors · 2 products

References

7 links