Detections
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CVE-2001-1442

high

Description

Buffer overflow in innfeed for ISC InterNetNews (INN) before 2.3.0 allows local users in the "news" group to gain privileges via a long -c command line argument.

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6398

http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/943536

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2001-04-21

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: 0.00545