Buffer overflow in oops WWW proxy server 1.4.6 (and possibly other versions) allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a long host or domain name that is obtained from a reverse DNS lookup.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2001-0029 is rated High Exploit Risk (88.3/100): CVSS Critical severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 7.07%, 91th percentile). Core evidence: 3 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +1.40% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.
Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.
| EDB-ID | Source | Kind | Published | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 228 | exploit_db | edb | 2000-12-15 | Exploit-DB ↗ |
| — | nvd_ref | exploit_tag | Exploit-DB ↗ | |
| — | nvd_ref | exploit_tag | Exploit-DB ↗ |
EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).
| # | Date | Old EPSS score | New EPSS score | Delta (New - Old) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2025-08-05 | 5.67% | 7.07% | +1.40% |
| 2 | 2025-03-30 | 6.42% | 5.67% | -0.75% |
| 3 | 2025-03-29 | — | 6.42% | — |
Full EPSS history (9 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10.0 | 2.0 | HIGH |
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10.0 | 10.0 | [email protected] |
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| igor_khasilev | oops_proxy_server | 1.4.22 | cpe:2.3:a:igor_khasilev:oops_proxy_server:1.4.22:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |