Slackware Linux
Vendor:
First CVE: Mar 1, 1995 · Active for 31 years
57
Total CVEs
More Total CVEs than 98% of tracked products
3.4
Avg CVEs / Year
Higher CVE frequency than 82% of tracked products
6.7
Avg CVSS
Higher Avg CVSS than 35% of tracked products
0.0%
KEV Rate
Bottom 1%
Trends Over Time
The number and severity of CVEs published that impact Slackware Linux over time
Volume of CVEsAvg CVSS Base Score
First CVE
Mar 1, 1995
31 years ago
Most Recent CVE
Nov 21, 2019
2,437 days ago
CVE Severity & Scoring
Slackware Linux57 CVEs
14%
21%
61%
All CVEs352,231 CVEs
45%
40%
11%
LowMediumHighCritical
Attack Vector
Local3 (5.3%)
Network3 (5.3%)
Unknown51 (89.5%)
Physical0 (0.0%)
Adjacent Network0 (0.0%)
Attack Complexity
Low6 (10.5%)
High0 (0.0%)
Unknown51 (89.5%)
User Interaction
None6 (10.5%)
Unknown51 (89.5%)
Required0 (0.0%)
Privileges Required
Low3 (5.3%)
High0 (0.0%)
None3 (5.3%)
Unknown51 (89.5%)
Top CVEs
Signals from CVEs in this product scope (57 CVEs).
57 CVEs · Highest risk first
| CVE | Published | CVSS | Risk | KEV | Exploit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
CVE-1999-0368HIGH Buffer overflows in wuarchive ftpd (wu-ftpd) and ProFTPD lead to remote root access, a.k.a. palmetto. | Feb 9, 1999 | 10.0 | 60 | NO | YES |
CVE-2000-0844HIGH Some functions that implement the locale subsystem on Unix do not properly cleanse user-injected format strings, which allows local attackers to execute arbitrary commands via fun | Nov 14, 2000 | 10.0 | 44 | NO | YES |
CVE-1999-0192HIGH Buffer overflow in telnet daemon tgetent routing allows remote attackers to gain root access via the TERMCAP environmental variable. | Oct 18, 1997 | 10.0 | 44 | NO | YES |
CVE-2013-4854HIGH The RFC 5011 implementation in rdata.c in ISC BIND 9.7.x and 9.8.x before 9.8.5-P2, 9.8.6b1, 9.9.x before 9.9.3-P2, and 9.9.4b1, and DNSco BIND 9.9.3-S1 before 9.9.3-S1-P1 and 9.9. | Jul 29, 2013 | 7.8 | 35 | NO | NO |
CVE-2016-4448CRITICAL Format string vulnerability in libxml2 before 2.9.4 allows attackers to have unspecified impact via format string specifiers in unknown vectors. | Jun 9, 2016 | 9.8 | 34 | NO | NO |
CVE-1999-0041HIGH Buffer overflow in NLS (Natural Language Service). | Feb 13, 1997 | 7.5 | 34 | NO | YES |
CVE-2004-0891HIGH Buffer overflow in the MSN protocol handler for gaim 0.79 to 1.0.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via | Jan 27, 2005 | 10.0 | 33 | NO | NO |
CVE-2013-7171CRITICAL Slackware 14.0 and 14.1, and Slackware LLVM 3.0-i486-2 and 3.3-i486-2, contain world-writable permissions on the /tmp directory which could allow remote attackers to execute arbitr | Nov 21, 2019 | 9.8 | 31 | NO | NO |
CVE-2004-0940HIGH Buffer overflow in the get_tag function in mod_include for Apache 1.3.x to 1.3.32 allows local users who can create SSI documents to execute arbitrary code as the apache user via S | Feb 9, 2005 | 7.8 | 30 | NO | YES |
CVE-2003-0962HIGH Heap-based buffer overflow in rsync before 2.5.7, when running in server mode, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code and possibly escape the chroot jail. | Dec 15, 2003 | 7.5 | 30 | NO | NO |
Exploit Exposure
Signals from CVEs in this product scope (57 CVEs).
CISA KEV
0 CVEs
0.0% of CVEs· Bottom 1%
Metasploit
0 CVEs
0.0% of CVEs· Bottom 1%
Nuclei
0 CVEs
0.0% of CVEs· Bottom 1%
ExploitDB
17 CVEs
29.8% of CVEs· 90th percentile
Social Chatter
Signals from CVEs in this product scope (57 CVEs).
Media Mentions
Signals from CVEs in this product scope (57 CVEs).
Top CNAs Publishing CVEs For Slackware Linux
Top CWEs
Versions
| Version | CVE Count | Avg CVSS | Avg EPSS | KEV | Exploits |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| current | 7 | 5.7 | 5.2% | 0 | 2 |
| 9.1 | 15 | 5.8 | 3.8% | 0 | 3 |
| 9.0 | 13 | 6.6 | 5.0% | 0 | 2 |
| 8.1 | 4 | 7.0 | 9.7% | 0 | 2 |
| 8.0 | 4 | 6.7 | 2.1% | 0 | 4 |
| 7.1 | 3 | 8.1 | 5.9% | 0 | 3 |
| 7.0 | 3 | 7.4 | 5.9% | 0 | 2 |
| 4.0 | 3 | 7.3 | 3.9% | 0 | 3 |
| 3.9 | 2 | 8.6 | 5.6% | 0 | 2 |
| 3.6 | 6 | 7.3 | 9.8% | 0 | 5 |
| 3.5 | 5 | 7.8 | 10.5% | 0 | 5 |
| 3.4 | 9 | 6.9 | 6.2% | 0 | 6 |
| 3.3 | 6 | 6.9 | 2.4% | 0 | 4 |
| 3.2 | 3 | 7.4 | 5.5% | 0 | 3 |
| 3.1 | 4 | 8.0 | 3.2% | 0 | 3 |
| 3.0 | 3 | 5.2 | 0.3% | 0 | 0 |
| 2.3 | 2 | 7.3 | 1.2% | 0 | 0 |
| 2.2 | 2 | 7.3 | 1.2% | 0 | 0 |
| 2.1 | 2 | 7.3 | 1.2% | 0 | 0 |
| 2.0.35 | 1 | 7.2 | 0.3% | 0 | 0 |