CVE-2001-0066

Secure Locate (slocate) allows local users to corrupt memory via a malformed database file that...

7.2 HighPublic exploit

Secure Locate (slocate) allows local users to corrupt memory via a malformed database file that specifies an offset value that accesses memory outside of the intended buffer.

Exploit likelihood

1.01%Down 2.2 points since Feb 4, 2022

What each source reports

NVD Score used 7.2

Secure Locate (slocate) allows local users to corrupt memory via a malformed database file that specifies an offset value that accesses memory outside of the intended buffer.

Record: CVE-2001-0066
CVSS 2.0: 7.2 HighAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Updated: 2026-11-02

CVE List No score

Secure Locate (slocate) allows local users to corrupt memory via a malformed database file that specifies an offset value that accesses memory outside of the intended buffer.

Record: CVE-2001-0066
Updated: 2026-11-02

EUVDEUVD-2001-0066 No score

Secure Locate (slocate) allows local users to corrupt memory via a malformed database file that specifies an offset value that accesses memory outside of the intended buffer.

Record: EUVD-2001-0066
Updated: 2026-11-03

GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-6v8c-3mh5-j3wq No score

Secure Locate (slocate) allows local users to corrupt memory via a malformed database file that...

Secure Locate (slocate) allows local users to corrupt memory via a malformed database file that specifies an offset value that accesses memory outside of the intended buffer.

Record: GHSA-6v8c-3mh5-j3wq
Updated: 2026-11-02

Affected products

kevin lindsay secure locate

Public exploits

Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.

Public exploits
Source	Link	Date
Exploit-DB	dislocate 1.3 - Local i386	2000-12-02

History

History
Recorded	Changed	Sources
Nov 3, 2026	aliases	EUVD
Nov 2, 2026	first indexed	CVE List, Exploit-DB, GitHub Advisories, NVD

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2001-0066 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.2) in Kevin Lindsay Secure Locate, published February 16, 2001. Public exploit code exists. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.01%, the 63rd percentile. No source names a fixed version.

References

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