CVE-2001-0740

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Published Mar 9, 2002 CVSS 2.0 · 5.0 Medium EPSS 4.1% KEV · Not listed

Description

3COM OfficeConnect 812 and 840 ADSL Router 4.2, running OCR812 router software 1.1.9 and earlier, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a long string containing a large number of "%s" strings, possibly triggering a format string vulnerability.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:h:3com:3c840-us::::::::
	cpe:2.3:h:3com:3cp4144::::::::

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2001-0725	3COM OfficeConnect 812 and 840 ADSL Router 4.2, running OCR812 router software 1.1.9 and earlier, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a long string containing a large number of "%s" strings, possibly triggering a format string vulnerability.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: 4.1% (4.054% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-05/0115.html
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=100119572524232&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=100137290421828&w=2
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2721
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6573

History

No history.

Subscriptions

3com 3c840-us 3cp4144

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 8, 2024, 4:30 AM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: Mar 9, 2002, 5:00 AM
Updated: Aug 8, 2024, 4:30 AM
Reserved: Oct 12, 2001, 12:00 AM

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NVD Updated: Jun 16, 2026, 9:54 PM

Status: Modified
Published: Oct 18, 2001, 4:00 AM
Modified: Jun 16, 2026, 9:54 PM

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