CVE-2001-1057 — The License Manager (mathlm) for Mathematica 4.0 and 4.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource exhaustion) by connecting to port 16286 and not disconnecting, which prevents users from making license requests

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The License Manager (mathlm) for Mathematica 4.0 and 4.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource exhaustion) by connecting to port 16286 and not disconnecting, which prevents users from making license requests

Published Feb 2, 2002

5.0

MEDIUM

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 1.61%

Description

The License Manager (mathlm) for Mathematica 4.0 and 4.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource exhaustion) by connecting to port 16286 and not disconnecting, which prevents users from making license requests.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

1.61% 0.01614

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

EPSS probability 0.01614

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	1.61% (0.01614)	75.11th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	1.61% (0.01614)	72.76th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.74% (0.00739)	71.20th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.73% (0.00726)	81.33th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Feb 8, 2024	0.73% (0.00726)	80.07th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.73% (0.00726)	77.68th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	1.14% (0.01136)	59.45th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Oct 18, 2022	1.14% (0.01136)	58.28th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	1.14% (0.01136)	56.27th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	1.14% (0.01136)	34.23th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (0)

No CWE recorded.

References (3)

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/200462
mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQPatchVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3120
vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDVendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6926
vdb-entryx_refsource_XF

Link	Providers	Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/200462		mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQPatchVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3120		vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDVendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6926		vdb-entryx_refsource_XF

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

Link CVE-2001-1057

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2001-1057

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2001-1057