CVE-2001-0735

Exp

Buffer overflow in cfingerd 1.4.3 and earlier with the ALLOW_LINE_PARSING option enabled allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a long line in the .nofinger file.

Published: 2001-10-18 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2001-0735 is rated High Exploit Risk (66.4/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.46%). 4 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-2001-0735

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
20963 exploit_db edb 2001-07-11 Exploit-DB ↗
20964 exploit_db edb 2001-07-10 Exploit-DB ↗
20962 exploit_db edb 2001-06-21 Exploit-DB ↗
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2001-0735

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 2026-02-16 0.17% 0.46% +0.30%
2 2025-03-17 0.04% 0.17% +0.12%
3 2023-03-07 — 0.04% —

Full EPSS history (4 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2001-0735

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.2 2.0 HIGH
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C Click to expand
Access vector (AV:L)
Requires local access to the target system.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
 3.9 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2001-0735

OS Trackers for CVE-2001-0735

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2001-0735 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (cfingerd), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2001-0735

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2001-0735

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
infodrom cfingerd 1.4.1 cpe:2.3:a:infodrom:cfingerd:1.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
infodrom cfingerd 1.4.2 cpe:2.3:a:infodrom:cfingerd:1.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
infodrom cfingerd 1.4.3 cpe:2.3:a:infodrom:cfingerd:1.4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2001-0735

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