Vulnerability in FreeBSD
CVE-2000-0963
Buffer overflow in ncurses library allows local users to execute arbitrary commands via long environmental information such as TERM or TERMINFO_DIRS.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 7.2 (High). Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.007 (50.7th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 51st percentile — 50.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.007 · newest: 0.007 · change: +0.000
Affected products
- FreeBSD — versions 3.4, 3.5.1, 4.0
- GNU Ncurses
- Immunix — versions 6.2, 7.0_beta
- Invisible-Island Ncurses
- Red Hat Linux — versions 6.2, 7.0
References
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44487 (VDB Entry, vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/138550 (mailing-list, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, Broken Link)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/1142 (Exploit, Patch, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, Broken Link, Vendor Advisory)
- www.calderasystems.com/support/security/advisories/CSSA-2000-036.0.txt (Vendor Advisory, vendor-advisory, Patch)