CVE-2001-0949: Valicert Enterprise Validation Authority

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 4.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Buffer overflows in forms.exe CGI program in ValiCert Enterprise Validation Authority (EVA) Administration Server 3.3 through 4.2.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via long arguments to the parameters (1) Mode, (2) Certificate_File, (3) useExpiredCRLs, (4) listenLength, (5) maxThread, (6) maxConnPerSite, (7) maxMsgLen, (8) exitTime, (9) blockTime, (10) nextUpdatePeriod, (11) buildLocal, (12) maxOCSPValidityPeriod, (13) extension, and (14) a particular combination of parameters associated with private key generation that form a string of a certain length.

Affected products

• Valicert Enterprise Validation Authority: version 3.3 only; version 3.4 only; version 3.5 only; version 3.6 only; version 3.7 only; version 3.8 only; …

Published 2001-12-04. Last modified 2026-06-16.