CVE-2001-1561: Debian Linux

High severity, CVSS 7.2. EPSS: 1.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Buffer overflow in Xvt 2.1 in Debian Linux 2.2 allows local users to execute arbitrary code via long (1) -name and (2) -T arguments.

Affected products

• Debian Debian Linux: version 2.2 only
• John Bovey Xvt: version 2.1 only

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