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CVE-2001-0190

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2001-03-26 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Buffer overflow in /usr/bin/cu in Solaris 2.8 and earlier, and possibly other operating systems, allows local users to gain privileges by executing cu with a long program name (arg0).

Affected products

• Sun Solaris: 2.6
• Sunos: through 5.8; 5.4, 5.5, 5.5.1, 5.7

References

• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=97983943716311&w=2
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=98028642319440&w=2
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6224
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=97983943716311&w=2
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=98028642319440&w=2
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6224

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