CVE-2001-1439 describes a buffer overflow vulnerability within the text editor functionality of HP-UX versions 10.01 through 11.04 on HP9000 Series 700 and 800 systems. This flaw, affecting editors like e, ex, and vi, allows a local attacker to trigger a denial of service. With a CVSS score of 2.1 (LOW), exploitation requires local access and has a low attack complexity, resulting in a partial impact on system availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, nor are there public exploit modules available in Metasploit or ExploitDB, though it has garnered some community discussion.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
10.01CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:hp:hp-ux:10.01:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
10.10CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:hp:hp-ux:10.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
10.20CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:hp:hp-ux:10.20:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
10.24CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:hp:hp-ux:10.24:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
11.00CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:hp:hp-ux:11.00:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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