CVE-2001-1036 — GNU locate in findutils 4.1 on Slackware 7.1 and 8.0 allows local users to gain privileges via an old formatted filename database (locatedb) that contains an entry with an out-of-range offset, which causes locate to write to arbitrary process memory

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GNU locate in findutils 4.1 on Slackware 7.1 and 8.0 allows local users to gain privileges via an old formatted filename database (locatedb) that contains an entry with an out-of-range offset, which causes locate to write to arbitrary process memory

Published Apr 2, 2003

7.2

HIGH

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 0.90%

Description

GNU locate in findutils 4.1 on Slackware 7.1 and 8.0 allows local users to gain privileges via an old formatted filename database (locatedb) that contains an entry with an out-of-range offset, which causes locate to write to arbitrary process memory.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

0.90% 0.00897

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

EPSS probability 0.00897

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	0.90% (0.00897)	58.12th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	0.90% (0.00897)	54.72th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.13% (0.00133)	30.37th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.04% (0.00042)	0.34th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.04% (0.00042)	0.50th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	1.76% (0.01761)	76.53th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 23, 2023	1.76% (0.01761)	76.48th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	1.76% (0.01761)	74.44th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	1.76% (0.01761)	53.69th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (0)

No CWE recorded.

References (4)

http://www.osvdb.org/5477
vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/200991
mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3127
vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDExploitVendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6932
vdb-entryx_refsource_XF

Link	Providers	Tags
http://www.osvdb.org/5477		vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/200991		mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3127		vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDExploitVendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6932		vdb-entryx_refsource_XF

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Apr 2, 2003

Updated Aug 8, 2024

Reserved Jan 31, 2002

Link CVE-2001-1036

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2001-1036

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2001-1036