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CVE-2001-1566

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2001-12-31 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Format string vulnerability in libvanessa_logger 0.0.1 in Perdition 0.1.8 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in the __vanessa_logger_log function.

Affected products

• Vanessa Logger: 0.0.1
• Verge Perdition: 0.1.8

References

• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2001-q4/0082.html
• http://www.derkeiler.com/Mailing-Lists/securityfocus/bugtraq/2001-12/0260.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3740
• http://www.vergenet.net/linux/perdition/string_format.html
• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2001-q4/0082.html
• http://www.derkeiler.com/Mailing-Lists/securityfocus/bugtraq/2001-12/0260.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3740
• http://www.vergenet.net/linux/perdition/string_format.html

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