CVE-2001-0172

HIGH 7.2CVE-2001-0172 · Published 26/03/2001 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2001-0172 is a HIGH (CVSS 7.2) vulnerability affecting reiserfs (hans reiser).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 1.2%, higher than 68.0% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
reiserfs hans_reiser	`= 3.5.28`	No fix yet

Description

Buffer overflow in ReiserFS 3.5.28 in SuSE Linux allows local users to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary commands by via a long directory name.

References

archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-01/0127.html · Exploit
securityfocus.com/bid/2180 · Exploit
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5910

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