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CVE-2001-0775 in the critical feed json

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 ima…

published 2001-10-12 25 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2001-0760

cvss
7.5
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
16.3%
EPSS 16.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 96%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • xli Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 1.17.0-17

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2001-0775

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2001-0775 updated

security flaw

  • Red Hat Linux 6.2 Red Hat Linux 7.0 Red Hat Linux 7.1
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2001:088

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-20998)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

16.34% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 96% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-20998 xloadimage 4.1 - Remote Buffer Overflow remote, 2001-07-10
  • securityfocus.com http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3006 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • securityfocus.com http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/195823 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 7.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

Sources

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