CVE-2001-0533: IBM Aix

High severity, CVSS 7.2. EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Buffer overflow in libi18n library in IBM AIX 5.1 and 4.3.x allows local users to gain root privileges via a long LANG environmental variable.

Affected products

• IBM Aix: version 4.3 only; version 5.1 only

Published 2001-08-14. Last modified 2026-06-16.