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CVE-2001-1561

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2001-12-31 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Buffer overflow in Xvt 2.1 in Debian Linux 2.2 allows local users to execute arbitrary code via long (1) -name and (2) -T arguments.

Affected products

• Debian Linux: 2.2
• John Bovey Xvt: 2.1

References

• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-07/0024.html
• http://www.debian.org/security/2001/dsa-082
• http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/6781.php
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2955
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2964
• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-07/0024.html
• http://www.debian.org/security/2001/dsa-082
• http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/6781.php
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2955
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2964

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