CVE-2001-0440

Exp

Buffer overflow in logging functions of licq before 1.0.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service, and possibly execute arbitrary commands.

Published: 2001-07-02 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2001-0440 is rated High Exploit Risk (79.8/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 15.14%, 94th percentile). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +1.76% 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.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2001-0440

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
20646 exploit_db edb 2000-12-26 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2001-0440

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 2026-02-27 13.38% 15.14% +1.76%
2 2026-01-08 11.11% 13.38% +2.27%
3 2025-03-30 11.11%

Full EPSS history (8 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2001-0440

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
10.0 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2001-0440

OS Trackers for CVE-2001-0440

vendor priority summary link
redhat https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2001-0440

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2001-0440

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
licq licq <= 1.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:licq:licq:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
conectiva linux 4.0 cpe:2.3:o:conectiva:linux:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
conectiva linux 4.0es cpe:2.3:o:conectiva:linux:4.0es:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
conectiva linux 4.1 cpe:2.3:o:conectiva:linux:4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
conectiva linux 4.2 cpe:2.3:o:conectiva:linux:4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
conectiva linux 5.0 cpe:2.3:o:conectiva:linux:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
conectiva linux 5.1 cpe:2.3:o:conectiva:linux:5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
conectiva linux 6.0 cpe:2.3:o:conectiva:linux:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
conectiva linux ecommerce cpe:2.3:o:conectiva:linux:ecommerce:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
conectiva linux prg_graficos cpe:2.3:o:conectiva:linux:prg_graficos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mandrakesoft mandrake_linux 7.1 cpe:2.3:o:mandrakesoft:mandrake_linux:7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mandrakesoft mandrake_linux 7.2 cpe:2.3:o:mandrakesoft:mandrake_linux:7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2001-0440

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