CVE-2000-0476

Eterm 0.8.10 / rxvt 2.6.1 / PuTTY 0.48 / X11R6 3.3.3/4.0 - Denial of Service

Severity Score

7.5

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

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.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2000-05-31 First Exploit
2000-06-01 CVE Published
2000-07-11 CVE Reserved
2024-08-08 CVE Updated
2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CAPEC

References (6)

URL	Tag	Source
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-05/0420.html	Mailing List
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/06/09/1	Mailing List
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/06/09/2	Mailing List

URL	Date	SRC
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/19984	2000-05-31
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1298	2024-08-08

URL	Date	SRC
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-05/0409.html	2024-06-10

URL	Date	SRC

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Michael Jennings Search vendor "Michael Jennings"		Eterm Search vendor "Michael Jennings" for product "Eterm"				0.8.10 Search vendor "Michael Jennings" for product "Eterm" and version "0.8.10"		-		Affected
Putty Search vendor "Putty"		Putty Search vendor "Putty" for product "Putty"				0.48 Search vendor "Putty" for product "Putty" and version "0.48"		-		Affected
Rxvt Search vendor "Rxvt"		Rxvt Search vendor "Rxvt" for product "Rxvt"				2.6.1 Search vendor "Rxvt" for product "Rxvt" and version "2.6.1"		-		Affected
Xfree86 Project Search vendor "Xfree86 Project"		X11r6 Search vendor "Xfree86 Project" for product "X11r6"				3.3.3 Search vendor "Xfree86 Project" for product "X11r6" and version "3.3.3"		-		Affected
Xfree86 Project Search vendor "Xfree86 Project"		X11r6 Search vendor "Xfree86 Project" for product "X11r6"				4.0 Search vendor "Xfree86 Project" for product "X11r6" and version "4.0"		-		Affected