CVE-2001-0746

Exp

Buffer overflow in Web Publisher in iPlanet Web Server Enterprise Edition 4.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via a request for a long URI with (1) GETPROPERTIES, (2) GETATTRIBUTENAMES, or other methods.

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-2001-0746 is rated High Exploit Risk (83.7/100): CVSS Critical severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 15.20%, 96th percentile). 3 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-2001-0746

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
20853 exploit_db edb 2001-05-15 Exploit-DB ↗
20852 exploit_db edb 2001-05-15 Exploit-DB ↗
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2001-0746

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 49.49% 15.20% -34.29%
2 2026-03-04 22.51% 49.49% +26.98%
3 2026-03-01 — 22.51% —

Full EPSS history (31 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2001-0746

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
10.0 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C 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:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
 10.0 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2001-0746

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2001-0746

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
iplanet iplanet_web_server 4.1_sp3 cpe:2.3:a:iplanet:iplanet_web_server:4.1_sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
iplanet iplanet_web_server 4.1_sp4 cpe:2.3:a:iplanet:iplanet_web_server:4.1_sp4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
iplanet iplanet_web_server 4.1_sp5 cpe:2.3:a:iplanet:iplanet_web_server:4.1_sp5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
iplanet iplanet_web_server 4.1_sp6 cpe:2.3:a:iplanet:iplanet_web_server:4.1_sp6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
iplanet iplanet_web_server 4.1_sp7 cpe:2.3:a:iplanet:iplanet_web_server:4.1_sp7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2001-0746

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