{"id":"CVE-2001-0262","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2001-0262","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T20:51:24.980Z","title":"Buffer overflow in Netscape SmartDownload 1.3 allows remote attackers (malicious web pages) to execute arbitrary commands via a long URL.","description":"Buffer overflow in Netscape SmartDownload 1.3 allows remote attackers (malicious web pages) to execute arbitrary commands via a long URL.","published":"2001-07-02T04:00:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-16T21:53:59.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"2.0","score":7.5,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P"},"cwe":[],"affected":["netscape/smartdownload"],"epss":{"score":0.07469,"percentile":0.94426,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":1,"verified":true,"firstPublished":"2001-04-13","source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[{"edbId":20775,"kind":"exploit","title":"Netscape SmartDownload 1.3 - Remote Buffer Overflow","url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/20775","sourceUrl":"https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/windows/remote/20775.txt","file":"exploits/windows/remote/20775.txt","published":"2001-04-13","added":"2001-04-13","updated":"2012-08-27","author":"Craig Davison","type":"remote","platform":"windows","port":null,"verified":true,"codes":["CVE-2001-0262","OSVDB-13841"],"tags":null,"aliases":null,"applicationUrl":null,"screenshotUrl":null,"referenceUrl":"https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2615/info"}]},"verdict":{"level":"urgent","text":"A public exploit is published in Exploit-DB (verified) and the impact is high, while EPSS rates exploitation at 7.5%. Anyone can run this; patch or mitigate before the next change window and check exposed instances for signs of use."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://www.atstake.com/research/advisories/2001/a041301-1.txt","tags":["Exploit","Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.atstake.com/research/advisories/2001/a041301-1.txt","tags":["Exploit","Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2001-0262","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}