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CVE-2001-0526 — MEDIUM severity vulnerability (Buffer overflow in the Xview library as used by mailtool in)

Buffer overflow in the Xview library as used by mailtool in Solaris 8 and earlier allows a local attacker to gain privileges via the OPENWINHOME environment variable.

CVE IDCVE-2001-0526
SeverityMEDIUM
CVSS score4.6
CVSS vectorAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
CWENVD-CWE-Other
StatusModified
Published2001-08-14
Last modified2026-04-16
DescriptionBuffer overflow in the Xview library as used by mailtool in Solaris 8 and earlier allows a local attacker to gain privileges via the OPENWINHOME environment variable.
SourceNIST National Vulnerability Database

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