security flaw
Published Jun 2, 2000
7.2
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.92%
Description
Buffer overflow in imwheel allows local users to gain root privileges via the imwheel-solo script and a long HOME environmental variable.
Affected products
Remediation
Red Hat statement
This issue was fixed in the following products: - Red Hat Powertools 6.1 - RHSA-2000:016 (2000-04-21) - Red Hat Powertools 6.2 - RHSA-2000:016 (2000-04-21)
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 (9 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 0.92% (0.00917) | 58.76th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.92% (0.00917) | 55.35th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.14% (0.00140) | 31.41th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 0.34th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 0.50th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.76% (0.01761) | 76.53th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 23, 2023 | 1.76% (0.01761) | 76.48th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.76% (0.01761) | 74.44th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.76% (0.01761) | 53.69th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
No CWE recorded.
References (7)
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-03/0168.html mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2000-016.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1060 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2000-0230 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1616467 Issue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2000-0230
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2000-0230
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-03/0168.html | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ | |
| http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2000-016.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1060 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2000-0230 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1616467 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2000-0230 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2000-0230 |
Change history (0)
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