CVE-2001-0459: Afterstep.org Afterstep

High severity, CVSS 7.2. EPSS: 0.8% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Buffer overflows in ascdc Afterstep while running setuid allows local users to gain root privileges via a long (1) -d option, (2) -m option, or (3) -f option.

Affected products

• Afterstep.org Afterstep: any version
• Rob Malda Ascdc: version 0.3 only

Published 2001-06-27. Last modified 2026-06-16.