CVE-2001-0775 EXPLOIT
7.5
HIGH · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 16.3% (pctl 97)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
Buffer overflow in xloadimage 4.1 (aka xli 1.16 and 1.17) in Linux allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a FACES format image containing a long (1) Firstname or (2) Lastname field.
Scoring
| CVSS | 7.5 (HIGH, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
| EPSS | 16.34% — more likely to be exploited than 97% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-119 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2001-10-18 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (2)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| xli | xli |
| xloadimage | xloadimage |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | xloadimage 4.1 - Remote Buffer Overflow | 2001-07-10 |
References
- http://www.debian.org/security/2001/dsa-069
- http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-695
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200503-05.xml
- http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/6821.php
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2001_024_xli_txt.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2001-088.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/195823
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3006
- http://www.debian.org/security/2001/dsa-069
- http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-695
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200503-05.xml
- http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/6821.php
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2001_024_xli_txt.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2001-088.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/195823
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3006
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