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CVE-2001-0691

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2001-0691 describes buffer overflow vulnerabilities in Washington University imapd versions 2000a through 2000c. This flaw could permit local users, even without shell access, to execute arbitrary code as their own user in specific configurations. Rated as MEDIUM severity with a CVSS score of 4.6 (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P), it requires local access and low attack complexity, potentially leading to partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. There is no evidence of active exploitation, no public exploit code available (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), and it has garnered no community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2000CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:university_of_washington:imapd:2000:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2000cCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:university_of_washington:imapd:2000c:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

4.6MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.50%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
39.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0050 is in the 75th percentile among its peer group of 3,049 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 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

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

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (4)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Linux 5.2
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Linux 6.2
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Linux 7.0
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Linux 7.1
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2001-0691

security flaw

Jun 11, 2001

References

iss.net / security_center/static/6269.php
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2001-094.html
securityfocus.com / advisories/3352
PatchVendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/2856
PatchVendor Advisory