# CVE-2001-1553

## Summary

- **CVE ID:** CVE-2001-1553
- **Severity:** UNKNOWN
- **CVSS Score:** 0
- **CWE:** N/A
- **Published:** Jul 14, 2005
- **Last Modified:** Mar 16, 2026

## Description

Buffer overflow in setiathome for SETI@home 3.03, if installed setuid, could allow local users to execute arbitrary code via long command line options (1) socks_server, (2) socks_user, and (3) socks_passwd. NOTE: since the default configuration of setiathome is not setuid, perhaps this issue should not be included in CVE.

## Affected Products

- n/a — n/a (n/a)

## References

- [CNA](http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vuln-dev/2001-q4/0662.html)

## Exploitation Prediction (EPSS)

- **EPSS Score:** 0.09%
- **EPSS Percentile:** 25.7

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_Exported from OnDuty AI Vulnerability Intelligence on 2026-09-18._