CVE-2001-0542: Microsoft SQL Server

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 13.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

• Microsoft SQL Server: version 7.0 only; version 2000 only

Published 2001-12-20. Last modified 2026-06-16.