Becky! 2.00.05 and earlier can allow a remote attacker to gain additional privileges via a buffer overflow attack on long messages without newline characters.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2001-0611 is rated High Exploit Risk (73.2/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.97%). Core evidence: 1 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.
| EDB-ID | Source | Kind | Published | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | 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 | 2026-06-15 | 1.01% | 1.97% | +0.96% |
| 2 | 2025-03-30 | 0.94% | 1.01% | +0.07% |
| 3 | 2025-03-29 | — | 0.94% | — |
Full EPSS history (7 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7.5 | 2.0 | HIGH |
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10.0 | 6.4 | [email protected] |
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| rimarts_inc. | becky_internet_mail | 1.26.3 | cpe:2.3:a:rimarts_inc.:becky_internet_mail:1.26.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| rimarts_inc. | becky_internet_mail | 1.26.4 | cpe:2.3:a:rimarts_inc.:becky_internet_mail:1.26.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| rimarts_inc. | becky_internet_mail | 1.26.5 | cpe:2.3:a:rimarts_inc.:becky_internet_mail:1.26.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| rimarts_inc. | becky_internet_mail | 2.0.3 | cpe:2.3:a:rimarts_inc.:becky_internet_mail:2.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| rimarts_inc. | becky_internet_mail | 2.0.5 | cpe:2.3:a:rimarts_inc.:becky_internet_mail:2.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-05/0089.html | Exploit Patch Vendor Advisory |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2723 | Patch Vendor Advisory |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6531 |