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CVE-2001-0221

27
FAUCET Score

CVE-2001-0221 describes a buffer overflow vulnerability in ja-xklock version 2.7.1 and earlier, specifically impacting FreeBSD systems. This flaw allows a local attacker to execute arbitrary code with root privileges due to the low attack complexity and lack of authentication required. While not actively exploited in the wild or on the CISA KEV catalog, public exploit code exists on ExploitDB, indicating its potential for abuse. There is minimal community discussion or media coverage surrounding this older vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 2.7.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:freebsd:ja-xklock:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.2HIGH

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

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.94%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
57.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-286 · Mar 3, 2001
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0094 is in the 76th percentile among its peer group of 3,241 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, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.5 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/freebsd/2001-02/0079.html
ExploitPatchVendor Advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/6073