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CVE-2000-0388

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2000-0388 describes a buffer overflow vulnerability within the FreeBSD libmytinfo library, affecting FreeBSD systems. This flaw allows a local attacker to execute arbitrary commands by supplying an excessively long TERMCAP environmental variable. Rated with a CVSS score of 7.5 (HIGH), it presents a significant risk with potential for complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its severity, there is no known active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
3.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:3.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.5HIGH

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.88%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
77.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0188 is in the 61st percentile among its peer group of 51,485 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

ftp.freebsd.org / pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-00%3A17.libmytinfo.asc
securityfocus.com / bid/1185