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critical 10.0

CVE-2001-0746 in the critical feed json

Buffer overflow in Web Publisher in iPlanet Web Server Enterprise Edition 4.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of serv…

published 2001-10-12 25 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2001-0731

cvss
10.0
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
15.2%
EPSS 15.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 96%
public exploits
2
Exploit-DB

Summary

Buffer overflow in Web Publisher in iPlanet Web Server Enterprise Edition 4.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via a request for a long URI with (1) GETPROPERTIES, (2) GETATTRIBUTENAMES, or other methods.

Patch / fix

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-20853)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

15.20% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 96% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-20853 iPlanet 4.1 Web Publisher - Remote Buffer Overflow (2) dos, 2001-05-15
  • EDB-20852 iPlanet 4.1 Web Publisher - Remote Buffer Overflow (1) dos, 2001-05-15
  • securityfocus.com http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2732 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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