CVE-2001-0499

Status: ModifiedHigh (10)—💥 Exploit

Buffer overflow in Transparent Network Substrate (TNS) Listener in Oracle 8i 8.1.7 and earlier allows remote attackers to gain privileges via a long argument to the commands (1) STATUS, (2) PING, (3) SERVICES, (4) TRC_FILE, (5) SAVE_CONFIG, or (6) RELOAD.

CVSS

Version: 2.0
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Base score: 10

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 85%
Percentile among all scored CVEs: 100
Score date: 10/3/2026

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).

💥 Public exploits

Exploit code or detection templates are publicly available. This is not the same as confirmed active exploitation (KEV), but it raises the risk: patch with priority.

Metasploit module (reliable, widely available exploit) · Oracle 8i TNS Listener (ARGUMENTS) Buffer Overflow
Published on Exploit-DB · Oracle 8i - TNS Listener 'ARGUMENTS' Remote Buffer Overflow (Metasploit) (11/24/2010)
Published on Exploit-DB · Oracle 8i - TNS Listener Buffer Overflow (7/20/2001)

Affected technologies (1)

Oracle — Oracle8i

CWEs

NVD-CWE-Other

References

Raw JSON (NVD)

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