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CVE-2001-1566

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2001-1566 is a format string vulnerability in libvanessa_logger 0.0.1, affecting Perdition 0.1.8 and related Vanessa/Verge products. This flaw allows remote, unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary code by injecting format string specifiers into the __vanessa_logger_log function. With a CVSS score of 7.5 (HIGH), it presents a low-complexity attack vector with potential for partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability compromise. Despite its age and severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
0.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:vanessa:vanessa_logger:0.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.1.8CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:verge:perdition:0.1.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
2.76%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
84.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0276 is in the 73rd 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

archives.neohapsis.com / archives/vulnwatch/2001-q4/0082.html
Vendor Advisory
derkeiler.com / Mailing-Lists/securityfocus/bugtraq/2001-12/0260.html
Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/3740
Patch
vergenet.net / linux/perdition/string_format.html