THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2001-0928
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2001-0928

Libgtop Daemon vulnerability

CVSS
7.5
EPSS
6.1%
EPSS pct
93th
Exploited
No known
Buffer overflow in the permitted function of GNOME gtop daemon (libgtop_daemon) in libgtop 1.0.13 and earlier may allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via long authentication data.
Affected vendor
Gnome
Affected product
Libgtop Daemon
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Published
2001-11-28

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to partial impact to confidentiality, partial impact to integrity, partial impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 6.1% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 93% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2001-0928

  • Confirm whether Gnome Libgtop Daemon is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2001-0928.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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