CVE-2001-0460

Exp

Websweeper 4.0 does not limit the length of certain HTTP headers, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory exhaustion) via an extremely large HTTP Referrer: header.

Published: 2001-06-27 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2001-0460 is rated High Exploit Risk (64.1/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 3.39%). Core evidence: 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). 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-2001-0460

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
20681 exploit_db edb 2001-01-22 Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2001-0460

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 2025-03-30 4.47% 3.39% -1.08%
2 2025-03-29 3.39% 4.47% +1.08%
3 2025-03-17 3.39%

Full EPSS history (6 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2001-0460

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/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:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2001-0460

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2001-0460

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
baltimore_technologies websweeper 4.0 cpe:2.3:o:baltimore_technologies:websweeper:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2001-0460

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