$ cve CVE-2001-0641 JSON

CVE-2001-0641 EXPLOIT

4.6

MEDIUM · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 1.3% (pctl 69)

Patch early

A public exploit exists.

Buffer overflow in man program in various distributions of Linux allows local user to execute arbitrary code as group man via a long -S option.

CVSS	4.6 (MEDIUM, v2.0)
Vector	AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
EPSS	1.26% — more likely to be exploited than 69% of all CVEs
On CISA KEV	no
Public exploit	yes
Published	2001-09-20
Last modified	2026-06-16

Source	Title	Date
exploit-db	Immunix OS 6.2/7.0 / RedHat 5.2/6.2/7.0 / SuSE Linux 6.x/7.0/7.1 - 'Man -S' Heap Overflow	2001-05-13