$ cve CVE-2001-0700 JSON

CVE-2001-0700 EXPLOIT

7.5

HIGH · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 12.6% (pctl 96)

Patch early

A public exploit exists.

Buffer overflow in w3m 0.2.1 and earlier allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code via a long base64 encoded MIME header.

CVSS	7.5 (HIGH, v2.0)
Vector	AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
EPSS	12.63% — more likely to be exploited than 96% of all CVEs
On CISA KEV	no
Public exploit	yes
Published	2001-09-20
Last modified	2026-06-16

Vendor	Product
w3m	w3m

Source	Title	Date
exploit-db	W3M 0.1/0.2 - Malformed MIME Header Buffer Overflow	2001-06-19