CVE-2000-0476 EXPLOIT
5.0
MEDIUM · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 2.5% (pctl 84)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
xterm, Eterm, and rxvt allow an attacker to cause a denial of service by embedding certain escape characters which force the window to be resized.
Scoring
| CVSS | 5.0 (MEDIUM, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
| EPSS | 2.53% — more likely to be exploited than 84% of all CVEs |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2000-06-01 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (4)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| michael jennings | eterm |
| putty | putty |
| rxvt | rxvt |
| xfree86 project | x11r6 |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | Eterm 0.8.10 / rxvt 2.6.1 / PuTTY 0.48 / X11R6 3.3.3/4.0 - Denial of Service | 2000-05-31 |
References
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-05/0409.html
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-05/0420.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/06/09/1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/06/09/2
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1298
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-05/0409.html
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-05/0420.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/06/09/1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/06/09/2
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1298
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