01 Record
CVE-2001-0533
Buffer overflow in libi18n library in IBM AIX 5.1 and 4.3.x allows local users to gain root privileges via a long LANG environmental variable.
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
Buffer overflow in libi18n library in IBM AIX 5.1 and 4.3.x allows local users to gain root privileges via a long LANG environmental variable.
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
- 0.40% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 34.4% 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
- 2002-03-09 05:00Z24 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-08 04:21Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2001-06-19
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- No CWE assigned
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 309b4afbc6144817f4f520300be8793b0ce7206ec1fd1b569627b27945fe2026
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- www-1.ibm.comMSS-OAR-E01-2001:271.1http://www-1.ibm.com/services/continuity/recover1.nsf/advisories/85256A3400529A8685256A8D00804A37/%24file/oar271.txt
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comaix-libi18n-lang-bo(6863)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6863
- www.osvdb.org5585http://www.osvdb.org/5585
- www.ciac.orgL-123http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/l-123.shtml