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CVE-2001-0207

• Severity: critical (CVSS 10.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 4.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2001-03-26 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Buffer overflow in bing allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a long hostname, which is copied to a small buffer after a reverse DNS lookup using the gethostbyaddr function.

Affected products

• Pierre Beyssac Bing: through 1.0.4

References

• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-01/0330.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2279
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6036
• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-01/0330.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2279
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6036

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