CVE-2001-0542

HighCVSS 7.5/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

Description

Buffer overflows in Microsoft SQL Server 7.0 and 2000 allow attackers with access to SQL Server to execute arbitrary code through the functions (1) raiserror, (2) formatmessage, or (3) xp_sprintf. NOTE: the C runtime format string vulnerability reported in MS01-060 is identified by CVE-2001-0879.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 7.5/10AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
Dec 20, 2001
Last modified
Jun 16, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2001-0542: High severity, CVSS 7.5 | Vulnix