CVE-2001-0775

Published: Oct 18, 2001Modified: Apr 16, 2026

7.5

Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Exploitability: 10.0 / Impact: 6.4

Source: NVD

Description

Buffer overflow in xloadimage 4.1 (aka xli 1.16 and 1.17) in Linux allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a FACES format image containing a long (1) Firstname or (2) Lastname field.

Affected (3)

Products: Xli: Xli · Xloadimage: Xloadimage

1 product

1 product

Configuration A

3 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Xli Xli	Version 1.16
Xli Xli	Version 1.17
Xloadimage Xloadimage	Version 4.1

Related CWEs

CWE-119

Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.

References (16)

http://www.debian.org/security/2001/dsa-069

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-695

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200503-05.xml

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/6821.php

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2001_024_xli_txt.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2001-088.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/195823

Source: cve@mitre.org

ExploitPatchVendor Advisory

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3006

Source: cve@mitre.org

ExploitPatchVendor Advisory

http://www.debian.org/security/2001/dsa-069