Vulnerabilities > CVE-2001-0542 - Buffer Overflow vulnerability in Microsoft SQL-Server 2000/7.0

047910
CVSS 7.5 - HIGH
Attack vector
NETWORK
Attack complexity
LOW
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
PARTIAL
Integrity impact
PARTIAL
Availability impact
PARTIAL
network
low complexity
microsoft

Summary

Buffer overflows in Microsoft SQL Server 7.0 and 2000 allow attackers with access to SQL Server to execute arbitrary code through the functions (1) raiserror, (2) formatmessage, or (3) xp_sprintf. NOTE: the C runtime format string vulnerability reported in MS01-060 is identified by CVE-2001-0879.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
Application
Microsoft
2

Oval

accepted2011-05-16T04:03:32.410-04:00
classvulnerability
contributors
  • nameYi-Fang Koh
    organizationThe MITRE Corporation
  • nameIngrid Skoog
    organizationThe MITRE Corporation
  • nameChristine Walzer
    organizationThe MITRE Corporation
  • nameMike Lah
    organizationThe MITRE Corporation
descriptionBuffer overflows in Microsoft SQL Server 7.0 and 2000 allow attackers with access to SQL Server to execute arbitrary code through the functions (1) raiserror, (2) formatmessage, or (3) xp_sprintf. NOTE: the C runtime format string vulnerability reported in MS01-060 is identified by CVE-2001-0879.
familywindows
idoval:org.mitre.oval:def:83
statusaccepted
submitted2003-10-10T12:00:00.000-04:00
titleMicrosoft SQL Server 3-Function Buffer Overflow
version5