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CVE-2001-0233: Matthew Smith Micq: Command injection
CVE-2001-0233 has a CVSS v2 base score of 10.0 (the maximum on that scale) and affects Matthew Smith Micq, along with 2 other products in NVD’s configuration data. Per its scoring, it can be exploited over the network, without authentication. The scored impact on confidentiality, integrity and availability is the highest available.
Vulnerability description
Buffer overflow in micq client 0.4.6 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service, and possibly execute arbitrary commands, via a long Description field.
Severity breakdown
CVSS v2.0 10.0: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Access vector: Network. Exploitable remotely over the network.
- Access complexity: Low. No special conditions are required.
- Authentication: None. No authentication is needed.
- Confidentiality impact: Complete. Total information disclosure.
- Integrity impact: Complete. Total loss of integrity.
- Availability impact: Complete. Total shutdown of the component.
Affected products
- Matthew Smith Micq: up to and including 0.4.6
- Debian Linux: 2.2
- Red Hat Linux: 6.0; 6.1; 6.2; 7.0