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CVE-2001-0542
Buffer overflows in Microsoft SQL Server 7.0 and 2000 allow attackers with access to SQL Server to execute arbitrary code through the…
High7.5EPSS 13.6%
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- Updated
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- mitre
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 13.6% · top 3.5% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Weakness
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Affected products
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References (7)
- mssql-text-message-bo(7724) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 20011221 @stake advisory: Multiple overflow and format string vulnerabilities in in Microsoft SQL Server (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 3733 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- VU#700575 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
- MS01-060 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MSx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:83 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- A122001-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_ATSTAKEx_transferred
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