CVE-2001-1439: HP HP-Ux

Low severity, CVSS 2.1. EPSS: 0.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Buffer overflow in the text editor functionality in HP-UX 10.01 through 11.04 on HP9000 Series 700 and Series 800 allows local users to cause a denial of service ("system availability") via text editors such as (1) e, (2) ex, (3) vi, (4) edit, (5) view, and (6) vedit.

Affected products

• HP HP-Ux: version 10.01 only; version 10.10 only; version 10.20 only; version 10.24 only; version 11.00 only; version 11.04 only

Published 2001-02-16. Last modified 2026-06-16.