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CVE-2001-0850

A configuration error in the libdb1 package in OpenLinux 3.1 uses insecure versions of the...

10.0 High

CVE-2001-0850 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 10.0) in Caldera Openlinux, published December 6, 2001. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 2.33%, the 83rd percentile. No source names a fixed version.

What does this mean?
Severity
10.0 HighCVSS 2.0, NVD
Exploit chance
2.33%EPSS, 83rd percentile
Exploitation
None knownNot on CISA’s or ENISA’s lists
Fixed in
No fix listedNo source names one

Description

A configuration error in the libdb1 package in OpenLinux 3.1 uses insecure versions of the snprintf and vsnprintf functions, which could allow local or remote users to exploit those functions with a buffer overflow.

Exploit likelihood

2.33%Up 1.3 points since Feb 4, 2022
90%50%10%1%

Affected products

What each source reports

NVD Score used10.0

A configuration error in the libdb1 package in OpenLinux 3.1 uses insecure versions of the snprintf and vsnprintf functions, which could allow local or remote users to exploit those functions with a buffer overflow.

Record
CVE-2001-0850
CVSS 2.0
10.0 HighAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE ListNo score

A configuration error in the libdb1 package in OpenLinux 3.1 uses insecure versions of the snprintf and vsnprintf functions, which could allow local or remote users to exploit those functions with a buffer overflow.

Record
CVE-2001-0850
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2001-0833No score

A configuration error in the libdb1 package in OpenLinux 3.1 uses insecure versions of the snprintf and vsnprintf functions, which could allow local or remote users to exploit those functions with a buffer overflow.

Record
EUVD-2001-0833
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-m959-8jq5-3cg7No score

A configuration error in the libdb1 package in OpenLinux 3.1 uses insecure versions of the...

A configuration error in the libdb1 package in OpenLinux 3.1 uses insecure versions of the snprintf and vsnprintf functions, which could allow local or remote users to exploit those functions with a buffer overflow.

Record
GHSA-m959-8jq5-3cg7
Updated
2026-11-02

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
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aliasesEUVD
first indexedCVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD

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