CVE-2001-1323

Buffer overflow in MIT Kerberos 5 (krb5) 1.2.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via base-64 encoded data, which is not properly handled when the radix_encode function processes file glob output from the ftpglob function.

Published: 2001-05-16 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2001-1323 is rated Moderate Risk (63.2/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 4.05%). EPSS rose +1.93% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2001-1323

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 2.12% 4.05% +1.93%
2 2025-03-30 2.38% 2.12% -0.26%
3 2025-03-29 — 2.38% —

Full EPSS history (7 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2001-1323

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-2001-1323

OS Trackers for CVE-2001-1323

vendor priority summary link
redhat critical — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2001-1323

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2001-1323

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
mit kerberos_5 < 1.2.2 cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2001-1323

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