CVE-2000-0963 describes a buffer overflow vulnerability in the ncurses library, impacting products like FreeBSD, GNU, Immunix, and Red Hat. This flaw allows local users to execute arbitrary commands by supplying excessively long environmental variables such as TERM or TERMINFO_DIRS. With a CVSS score of 7.2 (High), it presents a significant risk due to its low attack complexity and potential for complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
6.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:immunix:immunix:6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
7.0_betaCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:immunix:immunix:7.0_beta:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:3.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.5.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:3.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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