CVE-2000-0976

XFree86 3.3.5/3.3.6 - Xlib Display Buffer Overflow

Severity Score

7.8

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

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.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Partial

Integrity

Partial

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2000-10-12 First Exploit
2000-11-24 CVE Reserved
2000-12-19 CVE Published
2024-08-08 CVE Updated
2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CAPEC

References (5)

URL	Tag	Source
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/5751.php	Vdb Entry

URL	Date	SRC
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/20294	2000-10-12
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1805	2024-08-08

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20020502-01-I	2008-09-05
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-10/0211.html	2008-09-05

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Xfree86 Project Search vendor "Xfree86 Project"		Xlib Search vendor "Xfree86 Project" for product "Xlib"				3.3x Search vendor "Xfree86 Project" for product "Xlib" and version "3.3x"		-		Affected