VulnerabilityModified
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.
HIGH 7.2EPSS 0.40%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.40%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
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.
- CVSS 2.0
- 7.2 HIGHAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 0.40% probability · 34th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- ibm/aix
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://www-1.ibm.com/services/continuity/recover1.nsf/advisories/85256A3400529A8685256A8D00804A37/%24file/oar271.txt
- http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/l-123.shtml
- http://www.osvdb.org/5585
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6863
- http://www-1.ibm.com/services/continuity/recover1.nsf/advisories/85256A3400529A8685256A8D00804A37/%24file/oar271.txt
- http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/l-123.shtml
- http://www.osvdb.org/5585
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6863
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.