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CVE-2001-0533

• 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: 2001-08-14 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Buffer overflow in libi18n library in IBM AIX 5.1 and 4.3.x allows local users to gain root privileges via a long LANG environmental variable.

Affected products

• IBM AIX: 4.3, 5.1

References

• http://www-1.ibm.com/services/continuity/recover1.nsf/advisories/85256A3400529A8685256A8D00804A37/%24file/oar271.txt
• http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/l-123.shtml
• http://www.osvdb.org/5585
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6863
• http://www-1.ibm.com/services/continuity/recover1.nsf/advisories/85256A3400529A8685256A8D00804A37/%24file/oar271.txt
• http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/l-123.shtml
• http://www.osvdb.org/5585
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6863

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