$ cve CVE-2000-0545 JSON

CVE-2000-0545 EXPLOIT

4.6

MEDIUM · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 0.9% (pctl 58)

Patch early

A public exploit exists.

Buffer overflow in mailx mail command (aka Mail) on Linux systems allows local users to gain privileges via a long -c (carbon copy) parameter.

CVSS	4.6 (MEDIUM, v2.0)
Vector	AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
EPSS	0.88% — more likely to be exploited than 58% of all CVEs
On CISA KEV	no
Public exploit	yes
Published	2000-08-08
Last modified	2026-06-16

Vendor	Product
sgi	mailx

Source	Title	Date
exploit-db	BSD 'mailx' 8.1.1-10 - Local Buffer Overflow (1)	2000-06-02
exploit-db	mailx 8.1.1-10 (BSD/Slackware) - Local Buffer Overflow (2)	1999-07-03