CVE-2001-0249
Heap overflow in FTP daemon in Solaris 8 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands by...
Heap overflow in FTP daemon in Solaris 8 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands by creating a long pathname and calling the LIST command, which uses glob to generate long strings.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
Heap overflow in FTP daemon in Solaris 8 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands by creating a long pathname and calling the LIST command, which uses glob to generate long strings.
- Record
CVE-2001-0249- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 10.0 High
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C - Weakness
- CWE-131
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Heap overflow in FTP daemon in Solaris 8 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands by creating a long pathname and calling the LIST command, which uses glob to generate long strings.
- Record
CVE-2001-0249- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2001-0249 No score
Heap overflow in FTP daemon in Solaris 8 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands by creating a long pathname and calling the LIST command, which uses glob to generate long strings.
- Record
EUVD-2001-0249- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-746g-hg8c-j9cg
Heap overflow in FTP daemon in Solaris 8 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands by...
Heap overflow in FTP daemon in Solaris 8 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands by creating a long pathname and calling the LIST command, which uses glob to generate long strings.
- Record
GHSA-746g-hg8c-j9cg- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-131
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2001-0249 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.8) in Oracle Solaris, published May 24, 2001. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 19.7%, the 97th percentile. No source names a fixed version.