CVE-2001-0747 — Buffer overflow in iPlanet Web Server (iWS) Enterprise Edition 4.1, service packs 3 through 7, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long method name in an HTTP request

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HIGH

Buffer overflow in iPlanet Web Server (iWS) Enterprise Edition 4.1, service packs 3 through 7, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long method name in an HTTP request

Published Oct 12, 2001

7.5

HIGH

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 2.63%

Description

Buffer overflow in iPlanet Web Server (iWS) Enterprise Edition 4.1, service packs 3 through 7, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long method name in an HTTP request.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

2.63% 0.02632

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

EPSS probability 0.02632

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 (9 key points)

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

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	2.63% (0.02632)	85.00th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	2.63% (0.02632)	83.50th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	1.34% (0.01345)	78.71th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.93% (0.00932)	83.70th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 8, 2024	0.93% (0.00932)	82.60th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.93% (0.00932)	80.60th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	4.46% (0.04465)	88.31th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	4.46% (0.04465)	87.15th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	4.46% (0.04465)	70.95th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (0)

No CWE recorded.

References (2)

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-05/0203.html
mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQPatchVendor Advisory
http://www.iplanet.com/products/iplanet_web_enterprise/iwsalert5.11.html
x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory

Link	Providers	Tags
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-05/0203.html		mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQPatchVendor Advisory
http://www.iplanet.com/products/iplanet_web_enterprise/iwsalert5.11.html		x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Oct 12, 2001

Updated Aug 8, 2024

Reserved Oct 12, 2001

Link CVE-2001-0747

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2001-0747

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

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