CVE-2001-0775
Buffer overflow in xloadimage 4.1 (aka xli 1.16 and 1.17) in Linux allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a FACES format image containing a long (1) Firstname or (2) Lastname field.
02 Description
Buffer overflow in xloadimage 4.1 (aka xli 1.16 and 1.17) in Linux allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a FACES format image containing a long (1) Firstname or (2) Lastname field.
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
- 16.34% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 96.6% 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
- Important. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
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
- 2001-10-12 04:00Z25 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-08 04:30Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2001-10-12
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 02aab674f1304531d3c62865a776f650b595ba4c773b39fd2a792055211d8fed
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2001:088http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2001-088.html
- www.debian.orgDSA-695http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-695
- www.debian.orgDSA-069http://www.debian.org/security/2001/dsa-069
- www.securityfocus.com3006http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3006
- www.novell.comSA:2001:024http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2001_024_xli_txt.html
- www.iss.netxloadimage-faces-bo(6821)http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/6821.php
- www.gentoo.orgGLSA-200503-05http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200503-05.xml
- www.securityfocus.com20010710 xloadimage remote exploit - tstot.chttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/195823
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- xli Fixed in 1.17.0-17
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- xli Fixed in 1.17.0-17
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- xli Fixed in 1.17.0-17
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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