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CVE-2001-0850

• Severity: critical (CVSS 10.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2001-12-06 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

A configuration error in the libdb1 package in OpenLinux 3.1 uses insecure versions of the snprintf and vsnprintf functions, which could allow local or remote users to exploit those functions with a buffer overflow.

Affected products

• Caldera Openlinux: 3.1

References

• http://www.caldera.com/support/security/advisories/CSSA-2001-037.0.txt
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7427
• http://www.caldera.com/support/security/advisories/CSSA-2001-037.0.txt
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7427

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