CVE-2001-1036

HighCVSS 7.2/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

Description

GNU locate in findutils 4.1 on Slackware 7.1 and 8.0 allows local users to gain privileges via an old formatted filename database (locatedb) that contains an entry with an out-of-range offset, which causes locate to write to arbitrary process memory.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 7.2/10AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published: Aug 31, 2001
Last modified: Jun 16, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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