CVE-2001-1438

Exp

Handspring Visor 1.0 and 1.0.1 with the VisorPhone Springboard module installed allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (PalmOS crash and VisorPhone database corruption) by sending a large or crafted SMS image.

Published: 2001-10-22 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2001-1438 is rated High Exploit Risk (63.6/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.06%). 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +1.00% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. 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-2001-1438

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2001-1438

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 1.05% 2.06% +1.00%
2 2025-12-26 1.04% 1.05% +0.01%
3 2025-03-30 — 1.04% —

Full EPSS history (8 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2001-1438

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/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:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2001-1438

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2001-1438

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
palm palm_os — cpe:2.3:o:palm:palm_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
handspring visor 1.0 cpe:2.3:h:handspring:visor:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
handspring visor 1.0.1 cpe:2.3:h:handspring:visor:1.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2001-1438

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