CVE-2001-1575

Apple Personal Web Sharing (PWS) 1.1, 1.5, and 1.5.5, when Web Sharing authentication is enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a long password, possibly due to a buffer overflow.

Published: 2001-12-31 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2001-1575 is rated Moderate Risk (47.8/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.88%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2001-1575

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 0.93% 1.88% +0.96%
2 2025-03-17 1.12% 0.93% -0.19%
3 2024-07-12 — 1.12% —

Full EPSS history (5 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2001-1575

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-2001-1575

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2001-1575

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
apple personal_web_sharing 1.1 cpe:2.3:a:apple:personal_web_sharing:1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple personal_web_sharing 1.5 cpe:2.3:a:apple:personal_web_sharing:1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple personal_web_sharing 1.5.5 cpe:2.3:a:apple:personal_web_sharing:1.5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2001-1575

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