CVE-2001-0927

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Published Feb 2, 2002 CVSS 2.0 · 7.5 High EPSS 2.8% KEV · Not listed

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

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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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:gnome:libgtop_daemon:1.0.6:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:gnome:libgtop_daemon:1.0.7:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:gnome:libgtop_daemon:1.0.9:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:gnome:libgtop_daemon:1.0.12:::::::*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2001-0910	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.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: 2.8% (2.832% probability within 30 days)

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References

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

History

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Subscriptions

Gnome Libgtop Daemon

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 8, 2024, 4:37 AM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: Feb 2, 2002, 5:00 AM
Updated: Aug 8, 2024, 4:37 AM
Reserved: Jan 31, 2002, 12:00 AM

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NVD Updated: Jun 16, 2026, 9:55 PM

Status: Modified
Published: Nov 27, 2001, 5:00 AM
Modified: Jun 16, 2026, 9:55 PM

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