CVE-2001-1207

Exp

Buffer overflows in DayDream BBS 2.9 through 2.13 allow remote attackers to possibly execute arbitrary code via the control codes (1) ~#MC, (2) ~#TF, or (3) ~#RA.

Published: 2001-12-30 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2001-1207 is rated High Exploit Risk (74.7/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 7.26%, 91th percentile). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: 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-2001-1207

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2001-1207

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 2025-10-05 9.49% 7.26% -2.23%
2 2025-07-20 4.90% 9.49% +4.59%
3 2025-03-30 4.90%

Full EPSS history (9 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2001-1207

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-2001-1207

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2001-1207

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
daydream daydream_bbs 2.9 cpe:2.3:a:daydream:daydream_bbs:2.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
daydream daydream_bbs 2.10 cpe:2.3:a:daydream:daydream_bbs:2.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
daydream daydream_bbs 2.12 cpe:2.3:a:daydream:daydream_bbs:2.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
daydream daydream_bbs 2.13 cpe:2.3:a:daydream:daydream_bbs:2.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2001-1207

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