What is CVE-2001-0249?

CVE-2001-0249 is a critical-severity vulnerability in HP Hp-Ux, classified under Incorrect Calculation of Buffer Size. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2001-06-18.

How severe is CVE-2001-0249?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Vulnerability in HP Hp-Ux

CVE-2001-0249

Heap overflow in FTP daemon in Solaris 8 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands by creating a long pathname and calling the LIST command, which uses glob to generate long strings.

Published 2001-06-18 · last modified 2026-06-16.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.197 (97.3th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 97th percentile — 97.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.197 · newest: 0.197 · change: 0.000

Affected products

HP Hp-Ux — versions 11.00
Oracle Solaris — versions 8
Sgi Irix

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-131 — Incorrect Calculation of Buffer Size

References

www.nai.com/research/covert/advisories/048.asp (vendor-advisory, Broken Link)
www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2001-07.html (US Government Resource, Patch, Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/2550 (Patch, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, Broken Link, Vendor Advisory)
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6332 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2001-0249?: CVE-2001-0249 is a critical-severity vulnerability in HP Hp-Ux, classified under Incorrect Calculation of Buffer Size. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2001-06-18.
How severe is CVE-2001-0249?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.