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CVE-2001-1036

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2001-08-31 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

GNU locate in findutils 4.1 on Slackware 7.1 and 8.0 allows local users to gain privileges via an old formatted filename database (locatedb) that contains an entry with an out-of-range offset, which causes locate to write to arbitrary process memory.

Affected products

• GNU Findutils: 4.0, 4.1
• Slackware Linux: 7.1, 8.0

References

• http://www.osvdb.org/5477
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/200991
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3127
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6932
• http://www.osvdb.org/5477
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/200991
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3127
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6932

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