CVE-2001-0560: Paul Vixie Vixie Cron

Medium severity, CVSS 4.6. EPSS: 0.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Buffer overflow in Vixie cron 3.0.1-56 and earlier could allow a local attacker to gain additional privileges via a long username (> 20 characters).

Affected products

• Paul Vixie Vixie Cron: up to and including 3.0.1.56

Published 2001-08-22. Last modified 2026-06-16.