CVE-2001-0775

Exp

Buffer overflow in xloadimage 4.1 (aka xli 1.16 and 1.17) in Linux allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a FACES format image containing a long (1) Firstname or (2) Lastname field.

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-2001-0775 is rated High Exploit Risk (73.5/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 25.56%, 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-2001-0775

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
20998 exploit_db edb 2001-07-10 Exploit-DB ↗
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2001-0775

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 36.68% 25.56% -11.12%
2 2025-03-29 25.56% 36.68% +11.12%
3 2025-03-19 — 25.56% —

Full EPSS history (7 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2001-0775

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-2001-0775

OS Trackers for CVE-2001-0775

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2001-0775 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (xli), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2001-0775
redhat high — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2001-0775
ubuntu medium CVE-2001-0775 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (xli), 4 status rows across 4 suites (dapper, edgy, feisty, upstream): released 3, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2001-0775

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2001-0775

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
xli xli 1.16 cpe:2.3:a:xli:xli:1.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
xli xli 1.17 cpe:2.3:a:xli:xli:1.17:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
xloadimage xloadimage 4.1 cpe:2.3:a:xloadimage:xloadimage:4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2001-0775

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