{"id":"CVE-2001-1279","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2001-1279","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T18:32:37.106Z","title":"Buffer overflow in print-rx.c of tcpdump 3.x (probably 3.6x) allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via AFS RPC packets with invalid lengths that trigger an integer signedness error, a different…","description":"Buffer overflow in print-rx.c of tcpdump 3.x (probably 3.6x) allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via AFS RPC packets with invalid lengths that trigger an integer signedness error, a different vulnerability than CVE-2000-1026.","published":"2001-07-17T04:00:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-16T21:55:57.000Z","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":["lbl/tcpdump"],"epss":{"score":0.04784,"percentile":0.91868,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (4.78%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"ftp://ftp.caldera.com/pub/security/OpenLinux/CSSA-2002-025.0.txt","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-01:48.tcpdump.asc","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000480","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/7006.php","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/797201","tags":["Third Party Advisory","US Government Resource"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/2002/MDKSA-2002-032.php","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2001-089.html","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3065","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"ftp://ftp.caldera.com/pub/security/OpenLinux/CSSA-2002-025.0.txt","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-01:48.tcpdump.asc","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000480","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/7006.php","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/797201","tags":["Third Party Advisory","US Government Resource"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/2002/MDKSA-2002-032.php","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2001-089.html","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3065","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2001-1279","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."}