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CVE-2001-0165

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2001-05-03 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Buffer overflow in ximp40 shared library in Solaris 7 and Solaris 8 allows local users to gain privileges via a long "arg0" (process name) argument.

Affected products

• Sun Solaris: 7.0, 8.0
• Sunos: 5.7, 5.8

References

• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-01/0517.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2322
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6039
• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-01/0517.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2322
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6039

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