security flaw
Published Apr 10, 2000
7.2
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.42%
Description
Buffer overflow in the dump utility in the Linux ext2fs backup package allows local users to gain privileges via a long command line argument.
Affected products
No data.
- 3.4
- 6.1
- 7.0
- 5.1
- 5.2
- 6.0
- 6.1
- 6.2
- 4.2
- 4.4
- 6.0.2
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
Red Hat statement
This issue was fixed in the following products: - Red Hat Linux 5.2 - RHSA-2000:100 (2000-11-02) - Red Hat Linux 6.2 - RHSA-2000:100 (2000-11-02)
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (12 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 0.42% (0.00417) | 33.60th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.42% (0.00417) | 33.04th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.06% (0.00063) | 16.98th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.04% (0.00045) | 17.89th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 20, 2024 | 0.04% (0.00045) | 16.22th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 17, 2024 | 0.04% (0.00045) | 14.22th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 8, 2024 | 0.04% (0.00045) | 12.19th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 5.63th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 0.95% (0.00950) | 32.28th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Sep 10, 2022 | 0.95% (0.00950) | 30.63th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 0.95% (0.00950) | 28.61th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 0.95% (0.00950) | 13.46th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
No CWE recorded.
References (6)
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2000-100.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1020 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2000-0186 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1616464 Issue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2000-0186
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2000-0186
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2000-100.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1020 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2000-0186 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1616464 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2000-0186 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2000-0186 |
Change history (0)
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