CVE-2001-0913: Network Solutions Rwhoisd

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 2.9% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Format string vulnerability in Network Solutions Rwhoisd 1.5.7.2 and earlier, when using syslog, allows remote attackers to corrupt memory and possibly execute arbitrary code via a rwhois request that contains format specifiers.

Affected products

• Network Solutions Rwhoisd: version 1.5 only; version 1.5.1a only; version 1.5.2 only; version 1.5.3 only; version 1.5.5 only; version 1.5.6 only; …

Published 2001-11-22. Last modified 2026-06-16.