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Vulnerability record · CVE-2001-1164 · published 27 June 2001

CVE-2001-1164: Caldera unixware vulnerability

Caldera · Unixware

Buffer overflow in uucp utilities in UnixWare 7 allows local users to execute arbitrary code via long command line arguments to (1) uucp, (2) uux, (3) bnuconvert, (4) uucico, (5) uuxcmd, or (6) uuxqt.

7.2 CVSS 2.0 High EPSS 0.56% · top 55.6%

7.2CVSS 2.0 base score

0.56%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days

NoNot in CISA KEV

1Affected product versions listed by NVD

2References

16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

Buffer overflow in uucp utilities in UnixWare 7 allows local users to execute arbitrary code via long command line arguments to (1) uucp, (2) uux, (3) bnuconvert, (4) uucico, (5) uuxcmd, or (6) uuxqt.

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

Affected products

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

Unixware Caldera

References

Link	Tags
ftp://stage.caldera.com/pub/security/unixware/CSSA-2001-SCO.4/CSSA-2001-SCO.4.txt	PatchVendor Advisory
ftp://stage.caldera.com/pub/security/unixware/CSSA-2001-SCO.4/CSSA-2001-SCO.4.txt	PatchVendor Advisory

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2001-1164), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-10-05). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.