CVE Catalog

CVE-2001-1015

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

Buffer overflow in Snes9x 1.37, when installed setuid root, allows local users to gain root privileges via a long command line argument.

Risk Assessment

Local users can exploit this vulnerability to gain full system privileges, posing a serious security threat.

Recommendation

It is recommended to remove the setuid setting for Snes9x or upgrade to a newer version that does not contain this vulnerability.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

Buffer overflow in Snes9x 1.37, when installed setuid root, allows local users to gain root privileges via a long command line argument.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS