01 Record
CVE-2001-0700
Buffer overflow in w3m 0.2.1 and earlier allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code via a long base64 encoded MIME header.
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
Buffer overflow in w3m 0.2.1 and earlier allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code via a long base64 encoded MIME header.
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
- 12.62% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 95.8% 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 04:30Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2001-08-29
- 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
- 48a55c980cbff23d16c9a55c53741575e4bd360bc0f3cf8bb2d3dda22c882cb6
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- distro.conectiva.com.brCLA-2001:434http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000434
- www.debian.orgDSA-081http://www.debian.org/security/2001/dsa-081
- www.securityfocus.com2895http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2895
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comw3m-mime-header-bo(6725)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6725
- mi.med.tohoku.ac.jphttp://mi.med.tohoku.ac.jp/~satodai/w3m-dev-en/200106.month/537.html
- www.debian.orgDSA-064http://www.debian.org/security/2001/dsa-064
- www.securityfocus.com20010621 [SNS Advisory No.32] w3m malformed MIME header Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilityhttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/192371