CVE-2001-0690

highpriority · track · 44EPSS 0.119 · 96 %ileexploit · functionalEUUS

grimoire priorityP1 · Urgent

Exploitable?

Public exploit

1 exploit · functional

Likely / severe?

11.9% (96th) EPSS

CVSS 7.5 · high

Is it mine?

5 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

2 sources

enisa_euvd · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-26

Format string vulnerability in exim (3.22-10 in Red Hat, 3.12 in Debian and 3.16 in Conectiva) in batched SMTP mode allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code via format strings in SMTP mail headers.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

7.5

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v2.07.5highAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:Pprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 10 · impact 6.4

v2.07.5highAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P/E:Hsecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-134USLLM-inferred

exploits (1)

Public proof-of-concept and weaponised exploit code.

EDB-20900Exim 3.x - Format Stringfunctional · exploit_db

affected products (5)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

n/a n/a≤ n/aenisa_euvdEU
conectiva linuxall versionsnvdUScpe:2.3:o:conectiva:linux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
debian debian linux= 4.0nvdUScpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat linuxall versionsnvdUScpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
university of cambridge exim≤ 3.22nvdUScpe:2.3:a:university_of_cambridge:exim:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

also known as (2)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

enisa_euvd nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2001-09-20modified 2026-06-16

references (12)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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