CVE-2001-1566

Format string vulnerability in libvanessa_logger 0.0.1 in Perdition 0.1.8 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in the __vanessa_logger_log function.

Published: 2001-12-31 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2001-1566 is rated Moderate Risk (57.9/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.12%). Mandatory action: Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2001-1566

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 3.14% 2.12% -1.02%
2 2025-03-29 2.12% 3.14% +1.02%
3 2025-03-17 2.12%

Full EPSS history (12 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2001-1566

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-2001-1566

OS Trackers for CVE-2001-1566

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2001-1566 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (vanessa-logger), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2001-1566

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2001-1566

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
vanessa vanessa_logger 0.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:vanessa:vanessa_logger:0.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
verge perdition 0.1.8 cpe:2.3:a:verge:perdition:0.1.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2001-1566

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