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CVE-2001-0197

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2001-0197 describes a critical format string vulnerability in the print_client function of Icecast 1.3.8beta2 and earlier, affecting Icecast on various platforms including Linux and Red Hat distributions. This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 10.0 (Critical), indicating it can be exploited remotely without authentication and has complete impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed on the KEV catalog or showing active exploitation, an exploit is publicly available on ExploitDB, and despite its age, its high FAUCET Risk Score of 96/100 suggests significant potential for arbitrary command execution.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 1.3.8_beta2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:icecast:icecast:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.3.7CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:icecast:icecast:1.3.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

10.0HIGH

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

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

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
13.12%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
95.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-20582 · Jan 21, 2001
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.1312 is in the 94th 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

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Powertools 6.2
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Powertools 7.0
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2001-0197

security flaw

Jan 21, 2001

References

archives.neohapsis.com / archives/bugtraq/2001-01/0348.html
ExploitPatchVendor Advisory
distro.conectiva.com.br / atualizacoes
Patch
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/5978
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2001-004.html
Patch
securityfocus.com / bid/2264
ExploitPatchVendor Advisory