CVE-2000-0844

security flaw

Published Jan 22, 2001 CVSS 2.0 · 10.0 Critical EPSS 15.6% KEV · Not listed
Description
Some functions that implement the locale subsystem on Unix do not properly cleanse user-injected format strings, which allows local attackers to execute arbitrary commands via functions such as gettext and catopen.

Remediation

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Advisories

Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2000-0831 Some functions that implement the locale subsystem on Unix do not properly cleanse user-injected format strings, which allows local attackers to execute arbitrary commands via functions such as gettext and catopen.