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CVE-2001-1456

21
FAUCET Score

CVE-2001-1456 describes a buffer overflow vulnerability in the smap/smapd and CSMAP daemons of Gauntlet Firewall versions 5.0 through 6.0, impacting McAfee, Network Associates, PGP, and SGI products. This high-severity vulnerability (CVSS 7.5) allows unauthenticated remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by sending a specially crafted mail message, leading to potential compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its age and severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
4.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:webshield_smtp:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:webshield_smtp:4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:network_associates:gauntlet_firewall:4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
unix_5.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:network_associates:gauntlet_firewall:unix_5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
unix_5.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:network_associates:gauntlet_firewall:unix_5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.5HIGH

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
5.65%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
92.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0565 is in the 86th percentile among its peer group of 51,485 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

patches.sgi.com / support/free/security/advisories/20011104-01-I
Patch
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/7088
cert.org / advisories/CA-2001-25.html
US Government Resource
kb.cert.org / vuls/id/206723
PatchUS Government Resource
securityfocus.com / bid/3290