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CVE-2001-0993

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2001-0993 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in the sendmsg function of NetBSD versions 1.3 through 1.5, allowing local users to trigger a kernel trap or panic. This vulnerability has a low CVSS score of 2.1, indicating a local attack vector with low complexity and a partial availability impact. There is no known active exploitation, public exploit code, or Metasploit/Nuclei modules available. Despite its age and low severity, the vulnerability has garnered some community discussion, with 10 mentions, suggesting a degree of awareness within the cybersecurity community.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:netbsd:netbsd:1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.3.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:netbsd:netbsd:1.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.3.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:netbsd:netbsd:1.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.3.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:netbsd:netbsd:1.3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:netbsd:netbsd:1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

2.1LOW

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

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.33%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
25.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0033 is in the 16th percentile among its peer group of 2,096 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.6 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

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

archives.neohapsis.com / archives/netbsd/2001-q3/0102.html
PatchVendor Advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/6908
osvdb.org / 1910
securityfocus.com / bid/3088
PatchVendor Advisory