CVE-2001-0173 describes a critical buffer overflow vulnerability in the qDecoder library, versions 5.08 and earlier, impacting applications like CrazyWWWBoard and CrazySearch. This flaw allows unauthenticated remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands by sending a specially crafted, excessively long MIME Content-Type header. With a CVSS score of 10.0 (Critical), this vulnerability presents a severe risk due to its network-based attack vector, low attack complexity, and complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed on CISA's KEV catalog, public exploit code exists (EDB-20606), though there is no evidence of widespread active exploitation or significant community discussion.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
3.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:nobreak_technologies:crazywwwboard:3.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
98CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:nobreak_technologies:crazywwwboard:98:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
98peCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:nobreak_technologies:crazywwwboard:98pe:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2000.0lepxCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:nobreak_technologies:crazywwwboard:2000.0lepx:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2000.0pxCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:nobreak_technologies:crazywwwboard:2000.0px:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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