CVE-2001-0565

high

Description

Buffer overflow in mailx in Solaris 8 and earlier allows a local attacker to gain additional privileges via a long '-F' command line option.

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/8246

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2610

http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/446864

http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/184210

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2001-08-14

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00175