CVE-2001-1439

HP-UX 10.01-11.04 - Denial of Service via Text Editor Buffer Overflow

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

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.

References (4)

Core 4
Core References
Patch, US Government Resource third-party-advisory x_refsource_cert-vn
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/268848
Patch vendor-advisory x_refsource_hp
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/163910
Patch third-party-advisory x_refsource_auscert
http://www.auscert.org.au/render.html?it=1176
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6111

Scores

EPSS 0.0161
EPSS Percentile 82.0%

Details

Status published
Products (6)
hp/hp-ux 10.01
hp/hp-ux 10.10
hp/hp-ux 10.20
hp/hp-ux 10.24
hp/hp-ux 11.00
hp/hp-ux 11.04
Published Feb 16, 2001
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026