CVE-2001-0565
Buffer overflow in mailx in Solaris 8 and earlier allows a local attacker to gain additional...
Buffer overflow in mailx in Solaris 8 and earlier allows a local attacker to gain additional privileges via a long '-F' command line option.
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
Buffer overflow in mailx in Solaris 8 and earlier allows a local attacker to gain additional privileges via a long '-F' command line option.
- Record
CVE-2001-0565- CVSS 2.0
- 4.6 Medium
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P - Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Buffer overflow in mailx in Solaris 8 and earlier allows a local attacker to gain additional privileges via a long '-F' command line option.
- Record
CVE-2001-0565- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2001-0557 No score
Buffer overflow in mailx in Solaris 8 and earlier allows a local attacker to gain additional privileges via a long '-F' command line option.
- Record
EUVD-2001-0557- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-4m9v-c2fv-vcv2 No score
Buffer overflow in mailx in Solaris 8 and earlier allows a local attacker to gain additional...
Buffer overflow in mailx in Solaris 8 and earlier allows a local attacker to gain additional privileges via a long '-F' command line option.
- Record
GHSA-4m9v-c2fv-vcv2- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Public exploits
Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.
| Source | Link | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Exploit-DB | Solaris 2.5/2.6/7.0/8 - 'mailx -F' Local Buffer Overflow (1) | 2001-04-01 |
| Exploit-DB | Solaris 2.5/2.6/7.0/8 - 'mailx -F' Local Buffer Overflow (2) | 2001-04-15 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, Exploit-DB, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2001-0565 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.6) in Sun Solaris, published August 14, 2001. Public exploit code exists. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.28%, the 70th percentile. No source names a fixed version.