CVE-2001-1411
highFormat string vulnerability in gm4 (aka m4) on Mac OS X may allow local users to gain privileges if gm4 is called by setuid programs.
Vendor / product: Apple — mac os x
Format string vulnerability in gm4 (aka m4) on Mac OS X may allow local users to gain privileges if gm4 is called by setuid programs.
CVSS
7.2
7.2 (CVSS v2.0)
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C Severity source: NVD CVSS v2.0 (nvd@nist.gov)
Timeline (UTC)
Published: 2003-11-17 05:00
Modified: 2026-11-12 00:10
NVD status: Modified
Last synced 2 hours ago
Verified against the source API 2026-11-12 00:12 UTC
Exploitation
Not listed in CISA KEV (as of last catalog sync)
Absence from KEV does not mean a CVE is not exploited. Exploitation status: unknown (no authoritative evidence in our sources).
Affected products
apple / mac_os_x 10.4.9
Weakness classification (CWE)
NVD-CWE-Other
Source: NVD / CISA. “NVD-CWE-Other” and “NVD-CWE-noinfo” mean NVD could not assign a specific weakness.
Mitigation & advisories
No vendor advisory or patch reference tagged by NVD. Check the references below.
References
- http://lists.apple.com/mhonarc/security-announce/msg00038.html cve@mitre.org
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=100368233714229&w=2 cve@mitre.org
- http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10174.php cve@mitre.org
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/147587 cve@mitre.org
- http://lists.apple.com/mhonarc/security-announce/msg00038.html af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=100368233714229&w=2 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
- http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10174.php af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/147587 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Data sources
NVD CVE API 2.0 — fetched 2026-11-12 00:12 UTC · record ↗