# CVE-2001-1457: CVE-2001-1457

Status: published. Published: 2002-01-30. Updated: 2026-11-12.

Buffer overflow in CrazyWWWBoard 2000p4 and 2000LEp5 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long HTTP_USER_AGENT CGI environment variable.

## Remediation

No remediation reported in collected sources

## Affected products and versions

- nobreak_technologies / crazywwwboard: 2000lep5 (affected, custom). Source: NVD
- nobreak_technologies / crazywwwboard: 2000p4 (affected, custom). Source: NVD

## NVD configuration conditions

Affected CPE matches depend on the following AND/OR and negation conditions:

```json
[
  {
    "negate": false,
    "nodes": [
      {
        "cpeMatch": [
          {
            "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:nobreak_technologies:crazywwwboard:2000lep5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "vulnerable": true
          },
          {
            "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:nobreak_technologies:crazywwwboard:2000p4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "vulnerable": true
          }
        ],
        "negate": false,
        "operator": "OR"
      }
    ],
    "operator": "OR"
  }
]
```

## Severity and prioritization

- CVSS 2.0: 7.5 (high); AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P; source: NVD: nvd@nist.gov

- CISA KEV: No listing in collected sources

- EPSS: Not available

- SSVC: Not available

- Weaknesses: Not reported

## Exploit evidence

- exploit: http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/173050 (cve@mitre.org)
- exploit: http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/173050 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

## References

- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/229955 (cve@mitre.org; US Government Resource)

- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/173050 (cve@mitre.org; Exploit)

- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/10110 (cve@mitre.org)

- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/229955 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108; US Government Resource)

- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/173050 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108; Exploit)

- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/10110 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

## Provenance

- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2001-1457; retrieved 2026-11-12; source updated 2026-11-12

Revision: 858385f02479279608494d8276ccb455509643d9cd9271ea5090ea0c3caff63b

Canonical: https://y2.dev/cve/CVE-2001-1457

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