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Vulnerability record · CVE-2001-0173 · published 3 May 2001

CVE-2001-0173: Nobreak technologies crazywwwboard vulnerability

Nobreak Technologies · Crazywwwboard

Buffer overflow in qDecoder library 5.08 and earlier, as used in CrazyWWWBoard, CrazySearch, and other CGI programs, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a long MIME Content-Type header.

10.0 CVSS 2.0 High EPSS 6.0% · top 6.9%
10.0CVSS 2.0 base score
6.0%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
2Affected product versions listed by NVD
6References, 4 tagged exploit
16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

Buffer overflow in qDecoder library 5.08 and earlier, as used in CrazyWWWBoard, CrazySearch, and other CGI programs, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a long MIME Content-Type header.

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected products

2 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-01/0486.html ExploitVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2329 ExploitPatchVendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6033
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-01/0486.html ExploitVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2329 ExploitPatchVendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6033

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Related vulnerabilities

Same products first, then exploited flaws of the same weakness class.

7.5CVE-2001-1457Nobreak technologies crazywwwboard vulnerabilityBuffer overflow in CrazyWWWBoard 2000p4 and 2000LEp5 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long HTTP_USER_AGENT CGI environment var…EPSS 6.3%

Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2001-0173), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-26). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.