MEDIUM
Buffer overflow in innfeed for ISC InterNetNews (INN) before 2.3.0 allows local users in the "news" group to gain privileges via a long -c command line argument
Published Apr 21, 2005
4.6
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 1.89%
Description
Buffer overflow in innfeed for ISC InterNetNews (INN) before 2.3.0 allows local users in the "news" group to gain privileges via a long -c command line argument.
Affected products
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
4.6 MEDIUM NVD
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Local
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
1.89% 0.01887
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.01887
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 | 1.89% (0.01887) | 78.76th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 1.89% (0.01887) | 76.74th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.83% (0.00835) | 73.00th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.04% (0.00043) | 11.52th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 0.50th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 2.34% (0.02339) | 81.42th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 2.34% (0.02339) | 79.65th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 2.34% (0.02339) | 58.29th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (0)
No CWE recorded.
References (6)
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-04/0311.html mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQExploit
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1001353 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKExploit
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/943536 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNUS Government Resource
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/178011 mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQExploitPatch
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2620 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDExploitPatch
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6398 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-04/0311.html | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQExploit | |
| http://securitytracker.com/id?1001353 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKExploit | |
| http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/943536 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNUS Government Resource | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/178011 | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQExploitPatch | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2620 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDExploitPatch | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6398 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Apr 21, 2005
Updated Aug 8, 2024
Reserved Apr 21, 2005
Link CVE-2001-1442
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a