CVE-2000-0476

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Published Jul 12, 2000 CVSS 2.0 · 5.0 Medium EPSS 2.5% KEV · Not listed

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.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:michael_jennings:eterm:0.8.10:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:putty:putty:0.48:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:rxvt:rxvt:2.6.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:xfree86_project:x11r6:3.3.3:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:xfree86_project:x11r6:4.0:::::::*

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Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2000-0475	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.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: 2.5% (2.525% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-05/0409.html
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-05/0420.html
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/06/09/1
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/06/09/2
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1298

History

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Subscriptions

Michael Jennings Eterm

Putty Putty

Rxvt Rxvt

Xfree86 Project X11r6

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 8, 2024, 5:21 AM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: Jul 12, 2000, 4:00 AM
Updated: Aug 8, 2024, 5:21 AM
Reserved: Jul 11, 2000, 12:00 AM

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NVD Updated: Jun 16, 2026, 9:51 PM

Status: Modified
Published: Jun 1, 2000, 4:00 AM
Modified: Jun 16, 2026, 9:51 PM

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