CVE-2001-0499

Severity: critical (CVSS 10.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 85.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2001-07-21 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Buffer overflow in Transparent Network Substrate (TNS) Listener in Oracle 8i 8.1.7 and earlier allows remote attackers to gain privileges via a long argument to the commands (1) STATUS, (2) PING, (3) SERVICES, (4) TRC_FILE, (5) SAVE_CONFIG, or (6) RELOAD.

Affected products

Oracle8I: through 8.1.7

References

http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2001-16.html
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/620495
http://www.nai.com/research/covert/advisories/050.asp
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2941
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6758
http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2001-16.html
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/620495
http://www.nai.com/research/covert/advisories/050.asp
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2941
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6758

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