CVE-2001-0686 — MEDIUM severity vulnerability (Buffer overflow in mail included with SunOS 5.8 for x86 allo)
Buffer overflow in mail included with SunOS 5.8 for x86 allows a local user to gain privileges via a long HOME environment variable.
| CVE ID | CVE-2001-0686 |
|---|---|
| Severity | MEDIUM |
| CVSS score | 4.6 |
| CVSS vector | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
| CWE | NVD-CWE-Other |
| Status | Modified |
| Published | 2001-09-20 |
| Last modified | 2026-04-16 |
| Description | Buffer overflow in mail included with SunOS 5.8 for x86 allows a local user to gain privileges via a long HOME environment variable. |
| Source | NIST National Vulnerability Database |
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