CVE-2000-0976

MediumCVSS 4.6/10Last modified Sep 23, 2026

Description

Buffer overflow in xlib in XFree 3.3.x possibly allows local users to execute arbitrary commands via a long DISPLAY environment variable or a -display command line parameter.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 4.6/10AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-10/0211.htmlVendor Advisory
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/5751.php
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1805Exploit, Vendor Advisory
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-10/0211.htmlVendor Advisory
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/5751.php
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1805Exploit, Vendor Advisory

Timeline

Published: Dec 19, 2000
Last modified: Sep 23, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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