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CVE-2001-0173

• Severity: critical (CVSS 10.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 6.0% 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 qDecoder library 5.08 and earlier, as used in CrazyWWWBoard, CrazySearch, and other CGI programs, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a long MIME Content-Type header.

Affected products

• Nobreak Technologies Crazywwwboard: 3.0.1, 98, 98pe, 2000.0lepx, 2000.0px, 2000lepx (+1)
• Qdecoder: 4.0, 4.0.1, 4.3, 4.3.1, 5.0, 5.0.1 (+2)

References

• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-01/0486.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2329
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6033
• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-01/0486.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2329
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6033

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