CVE-2001-1566

HIGH 7.5CVE-2001-1566 · Published 31/12/2001 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2001-1566 is a HIGH (CVSS 7.5) vulnerability affecting vanessa logger (vanessa), perdition (verge).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 2.8%, higher than 86.4% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
vanessa logger vanessa	`= 0.0.1`	No fix yet
perdition verge	`= 0.1.8`	No fix yet

Description

Format string vulnerability in libvanessa_logger 0.0.1 in Perdition 0.1.8 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in the __vanessa_logger_log function.

References

archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2001-q4/0082.html · Vendor Advisory
derkeiler.com/Mailing-Lists/securityfocus/bugtraq/2001-12/0260.html · Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com/bid/3740 · Patch
vergenet.net/linux/perdition/string_format.html

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