7.2
HIGH
CVE-2001-0955
XFree86 Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Description

Buffer overflow in fbglyph.c in XFree86 before 4.2.0, related to glyph clipping for large origins, allows attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly gain privileges via a large number of characters, possibly through the web page search form of KDE Konqueror or from an xterm command with a long title.

INFO

Published Date :

Sept. 22, 2001, 4 a.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 20, 2024, 11:36 p.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

No

Impact Score :

10.0

Exploitability Score :

3.9
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2001-0955 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Xfree86_project x11r6

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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2001-0955 vulnerability over time.

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  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 20, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://cvsweb.xfree86.org/cvsweb/xc/programs/Xserver/fb/fbglyph.c
    Added Reference http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=100776624224549&w=2
    Added Reference http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=100784290015880&w=2
    Added Reference http://marc.info/?l=vuln-dev&m=100118958310463&w=2
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3657
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3663
    Added Reference http://www.xfree86.org/4.2.0/RELNOTES2.html#2
    Added Reference http://www.xfree86.org/security/
    Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7673
    Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7683
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Dec. 19, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://xforce.iss.net/static/7683.php [Vendor Advisory]
    Removed Reference http://xforce.iss.net/static/7673.php [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7683 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7673 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 18, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=vuln-dev&m=100118958310463&w=2
    Removed Reference http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=bugtraq&m=100784290015880&w=2
    Removed Reference http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=bugtraq&m=100776624224549&w=2
    Added Reference http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=100784290015880&w=2
    Added Reference http://marc.info/?l=vuln-dev&m=100118958310463&w=2
    Added Reference http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=100776624224549&w=2
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Jan. 01, 2004

    Action Type Old Value New Value
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2001-0955 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2001-0955 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.06 }} 0.00%

score

0.22803

percentile

CVSS2 - Vulnerability Scoring System
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