CVE-2001-1557: IBM Aix

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 1.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Buffer overflow in ftpd in IBM AIX 4.3 and 5.1 allows attackers to gain privileges.

Affected products

• IBM Aix: version 4.3 only; version 5.1 only

Published 2001-12-31. Last modified 2026-06-16.