CVE-2001-0653 Integer overflow in n/a

Medium 4.6 Published 9 Mar 2002 Updated 8 Aug 2024

Local attackers can exploit an integer overflow in Sendmail's debugger arguments to modify process memory and potentially gain elevated privileges.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: Any signed-in user
Attackable: Local or same network only
Victim action needed: Not needed
Fix: None listed

What is CVE-2001-0653?

CVE-2001-0653 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 9 Mar 2002. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Sendmail 8.10.0 through 8.11.5, and 8.12.0 beta, allows local users to modify process memory and possibly gain privileges via a large value in the 'category' part of debugger (-d) command line arguments, which is interpreted as a negative number.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2001-0653?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Sendmail Sendmail.

How do I fix CVE-2001-0653?

No fix has been published for CVE-2001-0653 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2001-0653 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2001-0653 exists.

Public exploit code: 4 Exploit-DB entries.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-pw59-xvgj-36g7.