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Fencer Vulns
critical 10.0

CVE-2001-0028 json

Buffer overflow in the HTML parsing code in oops WWW proxy server 1.5.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands v…

published 2001-02-12 25 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2001-0028

cvss
10.0
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
7.1%
EPSS 7.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 94%
public exploits
2
Exploit-DB

Summary

Buffer overflow in the HTML parsing code in oops WWW proxy server 1.5.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a large number of " (quotation) characters.

Patch / fix

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-20496)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

7.14% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 94% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-20496 Oops Proxy Server 1.4.22 - Remote Buffer Overflow (2) remote, 2000-12-07
  • EDB-20495 Oops Proxy Server 1.4.22 - Remote Buffer Overflow (1) remote, 2000-12-11
  • securityfocus.com http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2099 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • archives.neohapsis.com http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-12/0127.html referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 10.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

References

Sources

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