CVE-2001-1439 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Buffer overflow in the text editor functionality in HP-UX 10.01 through 11.04 on HP9000 Series 700 and Series 800 allows local users to cause a denial of service ("system availability") via text editors such as (1) e, (2) ex, (3) vi, (4) edit, (5) view, and (6) vedit.

Published: 2005-04-21

Score: 2.1 Low

EPSS: 1.6% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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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:o:hp:hp-ux:10.01:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:hp:hp-ux:10.10:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:hp:hp-ux:10.20:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:hp:hp-ux:10.24:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:hp:hp-ux:11.00:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:hp:hp-ux:11.04:::::::*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2001-1419	Buffer overflow in the text editor functionality in HP-UX 10.01 through 11.04 on HP9000 Series 700 and Series 800 allows local users to cause a denial of service ("system availability") via text editors such as (1) e, (2) ex, (3) vi, (4) edit, (5) view, and (6) vedit.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.01611.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.auscert.org.au/render.html?it=1176
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/268848
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/163910
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6111

History

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Subscriptions

Hp Hp-ux

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2005-04-21T04:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-08T04:58:11.613Z

Reserved: 2005-04-21T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2001-1439

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2001-02-16T05:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-2001-1439

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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