Vulnerability in W3m
CVE-2001-0700
Buffer overflow in w3m 0.2.1 and earlier allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code via a long base64 encoded MIME header.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.126 (96.1th percentile), scored .
Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 96th percentile — 96.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.126 · newest: 0.126 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- W3m — versions 0.1.3, 0.1.4, 0.1.6
References
- distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/ (vendor-advisory)
- www.debian.org/security/2001/dsa-081 (vendor-advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/2895 (Exploit, Patch, vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6725 (vdb-entry)
- mi.med.tohoku.ac.jp/~satodai/w3m-dev-en/200106.month/537.html (Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- www.debian.org/security/2001/dsa-064 (vendor-advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/192371 (mailing-list)