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CVE-2001-0233

• Severity: critical (CVSS 10.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 14.6% 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 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.

Affected products

• Debian Linux: 2.2
• Matthew Smith Micq: through 0.4.6
• RedHat Linux: 6.0, 6.1, 6.2, 7.0

References

• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-01/0307.html
• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-01/0395.html
• http://www.debian.org/security/2001/dsa-012
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2001-005.html
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5962
• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-01/0307.html
• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-01/0395.html
• http://www.debian.org/security/2001/dsa-012
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2001-005.html
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5962

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