CVE-2001-1442
mediumpriority · track · 29EPSS 0.019 · 79 %ileexploit · functionalEUUSgrimoire priorityP1 · Urgent
Exploitable?
Public exploit
3 exploits · functional
Likely / severe?
1.89% (79th) EPSS
CVSS 4.6 · medium
Who says so?
2 sources
enisa_euvd · nvd
EPSS · scored 2026-10-28
Buffer overflow in innfeed for ISC InterNetNews (INN) before 2.3.0 allows local users in the "news" group to gain privileges via a long -c command line argument.
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cvss
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4.6
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode
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weaknesses
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exploits (3)
Public proof-of-concept and weaponised exploit code.
- EDB-20777ISC INN 2.x - Command-Line Buffer Overflow (1)functional · exploit_db
- EDB-20778ISC INN 2.x - Command-Line Buffer Overflow (2)functional · exploit_db
- alt3kx/CVE-2001-1442ISC INN 2.x - Command-Line Buffer OverflowPoC · poc_in_github
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affected products (7)
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also known as (2)
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sources
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published 2001-04-21modified 2026-06-16
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references (12)
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- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-04/0311.htmlenisa_euvd
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1001353enisa_euvd
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/943536enisa_euvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/178011enisa_euvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2620enisa_euvd
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6398enisa_euvd
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-04/0311.htmlExploitnvd
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1001353Exploitnvd
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