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CVE-2001-1178

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2001-07-11 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Buffer overflow in xman allows local users to gain privileges via a long MANPATH environment variable.

Affected products

• Xfree86 Project X11R6: 3.3.2

References

• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-07/0234.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3030
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6853
• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-07/0234.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3030
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6853

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