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CVE-2001-0700

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 12.6% 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 w3m 0.2.1 and earlier allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code via a long base64 encoded MIME header.

Affected products

• W3M: through 0.2.1; 0.1.3, 0.1.4, 0.1.6, 0.1.7, 0.1.8, 0.1.9 (+2)

References

• http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000434
• http://mi.med.tohoku.ac.jp/~satodai/w3m-dev-en/200106.month/537.html
• http://www.debian.org/security/2001/dsa-064
• http://www.debian.org/security/2001/dsa-081
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/192371
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2895
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6725
• http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000434
• http://mi.med.tohoku.ac.jp/~satodai/w3m-dev-en/200106.month/537.html
• http://www.debian.org/security/2001/dsa-064
• http://www.debian.org/security/2001/dsa-081
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/192371

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