security flaw
Published Apr 10, 2000
7.5
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 3.01%
Description
Buffer overflow in mhshow in the Linux nmh package allows remote attackers to execute commands via malformed MIME headers in an email message.
Affected products
No data.
Configuration 2
- 5.2
- 5.2
- 5.2
- 6.0
- 6.0
- 6.0
- 6.1
- 6.1
- 6.1
- 3.5b2
- 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-2000:006 (2000-03-06) - Red Hat Linux 6.0 - RHSA-2000:006 (2000-03-06) - Red Hat Linux 6.1 - RHSA-2000:006 (2000-03-06)
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:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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 (10 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 3.01% (0.03014) | 86.95th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 3.01% (0.03014) | 85.64th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 1.32% (0.01316) | 78.48th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.45% (0.00454) | 76.01th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 8, 2024 | 0.45% (0.00454) | 74.46th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.42% (0.00421) | 70.20th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.14% (0.01136) | 59.45th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Oct 18, 2022 | 1.14% (0.01136) | 58.28th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.14% (0.01136) | 56.27th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.14% (0.01136) | 34.23th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
No CWE recorded.
References (6)
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2000-006.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1018 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2000-0196 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1616465 Issue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2000-0196
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2000-0196
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2000-006.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1018 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2000-0196 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1616465 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2000-0196 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2000-0196 |
Change history (0)
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