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01 Record

CVE-2001-0191

gnuserv before 3.12, as shipped with XEmacs, does not properly check the specified length of an X Windows MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE cookie, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a

UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
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02 Description

gnuserv before 3.12, as shipped with XEmacs, does not properly check the specified length of an X Windows MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE cookie, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a

03 Exploitation and scoring

Exploitation
Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
SSVC decision
Not assessed by CISA
EPSS probability
5.49% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS percentile
Equal to or higher than the score of 92.5% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
NVD base score
The NVD has published no score for this record
NVD CVSS vector
No NVD score to derive
NVD analysis status
Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
Red Hat severity
No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

04 Metadata

Published
2001-05-07 04:00Z25 YR AGO
Last updated
2024-08-08 04:14Z2 YR AGO
Reserved
2001-03-08
Assigning CNA
mitre
Record state
PUBLISHED
Severity
Not rated by the issuing CNA
CNA CVSS vector
Not published by the issuing CNA
Weaknesses
  • CWE-120Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')Base
Data version
5.1
Document digest
6159013d744c0b208380da19f72ad6b2de0c32ace9234e3fdabb71cea3cfc634

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
andynormangnuservNot specified—
gnuxemacsNot specified—
redhatlinuxNot specified—
redhatpowertoolsNot specified—

06 References