MEDIUM
xterm, Eterm, and rxvt allow an attacker to cause a denial of service by embedding certain escape characters which force the window to be resized
Published Jul 12, 2000
5.0
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 2.53%
Description
xterm, Eterm, and rxvt allow an attacker to cause a denial of service by embedding certain escape characters which force the window to be resized.
Affected products
No data.
OR
- 0.8.10
- 0.48
- 2.6.1
- 3.3.3
- 4.0
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
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.
5.0 MEDIUM NVD
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact Partial
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
2.53% 0.02525
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.02525
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 (18 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 2.53% (0.02525) | 84.31th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 2.53% (0.02525) | 82.76th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jan 27, 2026 | 9.50% (0.09503) | 92.62th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Nov 13, 2025 | 11.15% (0.11152) | 93.17th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Sep 25, 2025 | 9.81% (0.09810) | 92.70th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Sep 21, 2025 | 11.15% (0.11152) | 93.24th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Aug 11, 2025 | 7.39% (0.07388) | 91.30th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Jul 18, 2025 | 10.30% (0.10296) | 92.81th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 7.48% (0.07478) | 90.94th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 9.53% (0.09525) | 87.96th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 7.48% (0.07478) | 91.13th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.79% (0.00790) | 82.23th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 11, 2024 | 0.79% (0.00790) | 81.55th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 8, 2024 | 0.51% (0.00512) | 75.94th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.51% (0.00512) | 73.00th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 4.19% (0.04187) | 87.39th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 4.19% (0.04187) | 86.11th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 4.19% (0.04187) | 69.86th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (0)
No CWE recorded.
References (5)
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-05/0409.html mailing-listPatchVendor Advisory
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-05/0420.html mailing-list
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/06/09/1 mailing-list
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/06/09/2 mailing-list
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1298 vdb-entryExploitPatchVendor Advisory
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-05/0409.html | mailing-listPatchVendor Advisory | |
| http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-05/0420.html | mailing-list | |
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/06/09/1 | mailing-list | |
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/06/09/2 | mailing-list | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1298 | vdb-entryExploitPatchVendor Advisory |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Jul 12, 2000
Updated Aug 8, 2024
Reserved Jul 11, 2000
Link CVE-2000-0476
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a