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CVE-2001-1093 — HIGH severity vulnerability (Buffer overflow in msgchk in Digital UNIX 4.0G and earlier a)

Buffer overflow in msgchk in Digital UNIX 4.0G and earlier allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a long command line argument.

CVE IDCVE-2001-1093
SeverityHIGH
CVSS score7.2
CVSS vectorAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
CWENVD-CWE-Other
StatusModified
Published2001-09-10
Last modified2026-04-16
DescriptionBuffer overflow in msgchk in Digital UNIX 4.0G and earlier allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a long command line argument.
SourceNIST National Vulnerability Database

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