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medium 4.6

CVE-2001-1442 json

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…

published 2001-04-21 25 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2001-1422

cvss
4.6
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.9%
EPSS 1.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 79%
public exploits
2
Exploit-DB

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • inn2 Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 2.3.3+20020922-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2001-1442

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-20778)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

1.89% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 79% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-20778 ISC INN 2.x - Command-Line Buffer Overflow (2) local, 2001-04-18
  • EDB-20777 ISC INN 2.x - Command-Line Buffer Overflow (1) local, 2001-04-18
  • securityfocus.com http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2620 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • securityfocus.com http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/178011 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • securitytracker.com http://securitytracker.com/id?1001353 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • archives.neohapsis.com http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-04/0311.html referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 4.6 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

References

Sources

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