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CVE-2001-0207 — HIGH severity vulnerability (Buffer overflow in bing allows remote attackers to execute a)

Buffer overflow in bing allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a long hostname, which is copied to a small buffer after a reverse DNS lookup using the gethostbyaddr function.

CVE IDCVE-2001-0207
SeverityHIGH
CVSS score10.0
CVSS vectorAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
CWENVD-CWE-Other
StatusModified
Published2001-03-26
Last modified2026-04-16
DescriptionBuffer overflow in bing allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a long hostname, which is copied to a small buffer after a reverse DNS lookup using the gethostbyaddr function.
SourceNIST National Vulnerability Database

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