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Buffer overflow in libi18n library in IBM AIX 5.1 and 4.3...

High severity Unreviewed Published Apr 30, 2022 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Apr 3, 2025

Package

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Affected versions

Unknown

Patched versions

Unknown

Description

Buffer overflow in libi18n library in IBM AIX 5.1 and 4.3.x allows local users to gain root privileges via a long LANG environmental variable.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Aug 14, 2001
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Apr 30, 2022
Last updated Apr 3, 2025

Severity

High

EPSS score

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(22nd percentile)

Weaknesses

No CWEs

CVE ID

CVE-2001-0533

GHSA ID

GHSA-974r-j647-cxfm

Source code

No known source code

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