{
    "id": "CVE-2000-0844",
    "published": "2000-11-14 05:00:00",
    "last_modified": "2026-06-16 21:52:35",
    "cvss_score": "10.0",
    "cvss_severity": "HIGH",
    "cvss_version": "2.0",
    "cvss_vector": "AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C",
    "cwe": "CWE-264",
    "description": "Some functions that implement the locale subsystem on Unix do not  properly cleanse user-injected format strings, which allows local attackers to execute arbitrary commands via functions such as gettext and catopen.",
    "epss_score": "0.15633",
    "epss_percentile": "0.96741",
    "kev": 0,
    "kev_due": null,
    "has_exploit": 1,
    "updated_at": "2026-09-30 18:17:02",
    "priority": {
        "rank": 2,
        "label": "Patch early",
        "why": "A public exploit exists."
    },
    "products": [
        {
            "vendor": "caldera",
            "product": "openlinux"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "caldera",
            "product": "openlinux_ebuilder"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "caldera",
            "product": "openlinux_eserver"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "conectiva",
            "product": "linux"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "debian",
            "product": "debian_linux"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "ibm",
            "product": "aix"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "immunix",
            "product": "immunix"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "mandrakesoft",
            "product": "mandrake_linux"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "redhat",
            "product": "linux"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "sgi",
            "product": "irix"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "slackware",
            "product": "slackware_linux"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "sun",
            "product": "solaris"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "sun",
            "product": "sunos"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "suse",
            "product": "suse_linux"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "trustix",
            "product": "secure_linux"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "turbolinux",
            "product": "turbolinux"
        }
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    "kev_detail": null,
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        {
            "source": "exploit-db",
            "ref_id": "249",
            "title": "GLIBC locale - Format Strings",
            "date": "2003-01-15",
            "url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/249"
        },
        {
            "source": "exploit-db",
            "ref_id": "215",
            "title": "GLIBC locale - bug mount",
            "date": "2000-12-02",
            "url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/215"
        },
        {
            "source": "exploit-db",
            "ref_id": "209",
            "title": "GLIBC - '/bin/su' Local Privilege Escalation",
            "date": "2000-11-30",
            "url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/209"
        },
        {
            "source": "exploit-db",
            "ref_id": "210",
            "title": "Solaris 2.6/7.0 - 'locale' Format Strings noexec stack Overflow",
            "date": "2000-11-30",
            "url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/210"
        },
        {
            "source": "exploit-db",
            "ref_id": "197",
            "title": "Solaris/SPARC 2.7 / 7 locale - Format String",
            "date": "2000-11-20",
            "url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/197"
        },
        {
            "source": "exploit-db",
            "ref_id": "20186",
            "title": "Solaris 2.6/7.0 /locale - Subsystem Format String",
            "date": "2000-11-02",
            "url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/20186"
        },
        {
            "source": "exploit-db",
            "ref_id": "20188",
            "title": "Solaris 2.6/7.0 'eject' locale - Subsystem Format String",
            "date": "2000-09-08",
            "url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/20188"
        },
        {
            "source": "exploit-db",
            "ref_id": "20185",
            "title": "RedHat 6 GLIBC/locale - Subsystem Format String",
            "date": "2000-09-06",
            "url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/20185"
        },
        {
            "source": "exploit-db",
            "ref_id": "20187",
            "title": "Immunix OS 6.2 - LC glibc format string",
            "date": "2000-09-04",
            "url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/20187"
        },
        {
            "source": "exploit-db",
            "ref_id": "20189",
            "title": "Libc locale - Local Privilege Escalation (1)",
            "date": "2000-09-04",
            "url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/20189"
        },
        {
            "source": "exploit-db",
            "ref_id": "20190",
            "title": "Libc locale - Local Privilege Escalation (2)",
            "date": "2000-09-04",
            "url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/20190"
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        "ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20000901-01-P",
        "http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-08/0436.html",
        "http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-08/0457.html",
        "http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-10/0427.html",
        "http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/tru64/2000-q4/0000.html",
        "http://www.calderasystems.com/support/security/advisories/CSSA-2000-030.0.txt",
        "http://www.debian.org/security/2000/20000902",
        "http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/adv5_draht_glibc_txt.html",
        "http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2000-057.html",
        "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1634",
        "http://www.turbolinux.com/pipermail/tl-security-announce/2000-September/000020.html",
        "https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5176",
        "ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20000901-01-P",
        "http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-08/0436.html",
        "http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-08/0457.html",
        "http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-10/0427.html",
        "http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/tru64/2000-q4/0000.html",
        "http://www.calderasystems.com/support/security/advisories/CSSA-2000-030.0.txt",
        "http://www.debian.org/security/2000/20000902",
        "http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/adv5_draht_glibc_txt.html",
        "http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2000-057.html",
        "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1634",
        "http://www.turbolinux.com/pipermail/tl-security-announce/2000-September/000020.html",
        "https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5176"
    ]
}