CVE-2000-0476

Public Exploit

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.

5.0

CVSS

Severity: Medium

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 7.48% Top 10%

Vendor Advisory neohapsis.com Vendor Advisory securityfocus.com

Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-05/0420.html	mailing list
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-05/0409.html	mailing list patch vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1298	exploit vdb entry patch vendor advisory
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

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2000-0476?: CVE-2000-0476 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2000-0476?: To fix CVE-2000-0476, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2000-0476 being actively exploited in the wild?: It is possible that CVE-2000-0476 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~7% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.

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