CVE-2001-0683 — Memory leak in Netscape Collabra Server 3.5.4 and earlier allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service (memory exhaustion) by repeatedly sending approximately 5K of data to TCP port 5238

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MEDIUM

Memory leak in Netscape Collabra Server 3.5.4 and earlier allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service (memory exhaustion) by repeatedly sending approximately 5K of data to TCP port 5238

Published Aug 29, 2001

5.0

MEDIUM

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 1.34%

Description

Memory leak in Netscape Collabra Server 3.5.4 and earlier allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service (memory exhaustion) by repeatedly sending approximately 5K of data to TCP port 5238.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

1.34% 0.01345

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.01345

Score over time

2022–2026

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Percentile over time

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Table of values (10 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	1.34% (0.01345)	70.39th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	1.34% (0.01345)	67.65th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.79% (0.00786)	72.15th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.28% (0.00276)	69.04th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Feb 8, 2024	0.28% (0.00276)	67.27th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.28% (0.00276)	63.12th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	1.05% (0.01055)	52.13th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Sep 17, 2022	1.05% (0.01055)	50.47th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	1.05% (0.01055)	48.43th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	1.05% (0.01055)	27.52th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (0)

No CWE recorded.

References (2)

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/165516
mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQExploitPatchVendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6158
vdb-entryx_refsource_XF

Link	Providers	Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/165516		mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQExploitPatchVendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6158		vdb-entryx_refsource_XF

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Aug 29, 2001

Updated Aug 8, 2024

Reserved Aug 29, 2001

Link CVE-2001-0683

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2001-0683

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

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