CVE-2001-0927 — Format string vulnerability in the permitted function of GNOME libgtop_daemon in libgtop 1.0.12 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an argument that contains format specifiers that are passed into the (1) syslog_message and (2) syslog_io_message functions

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Format string vulnerability in the permitted function of GNOME libgtop_daemon in libgtop 1.0.12 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an argument that contains format specifiers that are passed into the (1) syslog_message and (2) syslog_io_message functions

Published Feb 2, 2002

7.5

HIGH

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 2.83%

Description

Format string vulnerability in the permitted function of GNOME libgtop_daemon in libgtop 1.0.12 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an argument that contains format specifiers that are passed into the (1) syslog_message and (2) syslog_io_message functions.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

2.83% 0.02832

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

EPSS probability 0.02832

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 (8 key points)

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

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	2.83% (0.02832)	86.13th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	2.83% (0.02832)	84.74th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	2.05% (0.02051)	82.67th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	2.69% (0.02685)	90.82th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	2.69% (0.02685)	88.79th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	6.52% (0.06523)	91.37th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	6.52% (0.06523)	90.53th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	6.52% (0.06523)	78.43th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (0)

No CWE recorded.

References (3)

ftp://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/stable/sources/libgtop/libgtop-1.0.13.tar.gz
x_refsource_MISC
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=100689302316077&w=2
mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://www.debian.org/security/2002/dsa-098
vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANPatchVendor Advisory

Link	Providers	Tags
ftp://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/stable/sources/libgtop/libgtop-1.0.13.tar.gz		x_refsource_MISC
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=100689302316077&w=2		mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://www.debian.org/security/2002/dsa-098		vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANPatchVendor Advisory

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Feb 2, 2002

Updated Aug 8, 2024

Reserved Jan 31, 2002

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CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

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Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

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