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CVE-2001-0686

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.6 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2001-09-20 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Buffer overflow in mail included with SunOS 5.8 for x86 allows a local user to gain privileges via a long HOME environment variable.

Affected products

• Sun Solaris: 5.8, 8.0

References

• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-06/0000.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2819
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6638
• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-06/0000.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2819
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6638

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