CVE-2001-0764

high

Description

Buffer overflow in ntping in scotty 2.1.0 allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a long hostname as a command line argument.

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6735

http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2001_023_scotty_txt.html

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vuln-dev/2001-q2/0627.html

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vuln-dev/2001-q2/0579.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2001-10-18

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.2

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

Severity: High

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: 0.0026