CVE-2001-1022

Exp

Format string vulnerability in pic utility in groff 1.16.1 and other versions, and jgroff before 1.15, allows remote attackers to bypass the -S option and execute arbitrary commands via format string specifiers in the plot command.

Published: 2001-07-26 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2001-1022 is rated High Exploit Risk (73.4/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 11.44%, 95th 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-2001-1022

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
21037 exploit_db edb 2001-06-23 Exploit-DB ↗
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2001-1022

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 21.22% 11.44% -9.78%
2 2025-05-07 22.95% 21.22% -1.74%
3 2025-03-30 — 22.95% —

Full EPSS history (9 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2001-1022

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-2001-1022

OS Trackers for CVE-2001-1022

vendor priority summary link
redhat high — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2001-1022

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2001-1022

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
gnu groff 1.10 cpe:2.3:a:gnu:groff:1.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnu groff 1.11 cpe:2.3:a:gnu:groff:1.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnu groff 1.11a cpe:2.3:a:gnu:groff:1.11a:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnu groff 1.14 cpe:2.3:a:gnu:groff:1.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnu groff 1.15 cpe:2.3:a:gnu:groff:1.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnu groff 1.16.1 cpe:2.3:a:gnu:groff:1.16.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
jgroff jgroff — cpe:2.3:a:jgroff:jgroff:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2001-1022

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