CVE-2001-0700

Exp

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: 2001-09-20 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2001-0700 is rated High Exploit Risk (78/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 13.31%, 94th percentile). 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). 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-2001-0700

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
20941 exploit_db edb 2001-06-19 Exploit-DB ↗
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2001-0700

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 13.04% 13.31% +0.27%
2 2025-03-29 13.31% 13.04% -0.27%
3 2025-03-17 — 13.31% —

Full EPSS history (7 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2001-0700

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-2001-0700

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2001-0700

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
w3m w3m <= 0.2.1 cpe:2.3:a:w3m:w3m:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
w3m w3m 0.1.3 cpe:2.3:a:w3m:w3m:0.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
w3m w3m 0.1.4 cpe:2.3:a:w3m:w3m:0.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
w3m w3m 0.1.6 cpe:2.3:a:w3m:w3m:0.1.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
w3m w3m 0.1.7 cpe:2.3:a:w3m:w3m:0.1.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
w3m w3m 0.1.8 cpe:2.3:a:w3m:w3m:0.1.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
w3m w3m 0.1.9 cpe:2.3:a:w3m:w3m:0.1.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
w3m w3m 0.1.10 cpe:2.3:a:w3m:w3m:0.1.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
w3m w3m 0.2 cpe:2.3:a:w3m:w3m:0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2001-0700

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