CVE-2001-0233
HIGH · CVSS 10.0EPSS 14.6%EU EUVD
Buffer overflow in micq client 0.4.6 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service, and possibly execute arbitrary commands, via a long Description field.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 10.0 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- EPSS score
- 14.6% (97th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2001-0233)
- Published
- March 26, 2001
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2001-0233 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 8, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- debian / debian linux
- matthew smith / micq
- redhat / linux
- redhat / linux
- redhat / linux
- redhat / linux
Certified products that may be affected
10 FIPS 140 or Common Criteria certified products, from automated matching by sec-certs.org.
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux on 32 bit x86 Architecture, Version 6.2 - Red Hat, Inc. - Common Criteria BSI-DSZ-CC-0924-2014 - archived
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.2 dm-crypt Cryptographic Module - Red Hat®, Inc. - FIPS 140 1933 - historical
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.2 Kernel Crypto API Cryptographic Module - Red Hat®, Inc. - FIPS 140 1901 - historical
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.2 Openswan Cryptographic Module - Red Hat®, Inc. - FIPS 140 1859 - historical
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Version 6.2 with KVM Virtualization for x86 Architectures - Red Hat, Inc. - Common Criteria BSI-DSZ-CC-0754-2012 - archived
See all 10 in the Security Certifications Explorer.
References
- ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-01:14.micq.asc(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-01/0307.html
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-01/0395.html(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.debian.org/security/2001/dsa-012(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2001-005.html(Patch)
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5962
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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