CVE-2001-0803

Severity: critical (CVSS 10.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 85.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2001-12-06 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

Buffer overflow in the client connection routine of libDtSvc.so.1 in CDE Subprocess Control Service (dtspcd) allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands.

Affected products

Open Group Cde Common Desktop Environment: 1.0.1, 1.0.2, 1.1, 1.2, 2.0, 2.1

References

http://ftp.support.compaq.com/patches/.new/html/SSRT-541.shtml
http://sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/retrieve.pl?doctype=coll&doc=secbull/214
http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2001-31.html
http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2002-01.html
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/172583
http://www.securityfocus.com/advisories/3651
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3517
http://xforce.iss.net/alerts/advise101.php
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7396
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A70

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