security flaw
Published Jul 12, 2000
10.0
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 17.78%
Description
Buffer overflow in the XDMCP parsing code of GNOME gdm, KDE kdm, and wdm allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands or cause a denial of service via a long FORWARD_QUERY request.
Affected products
No data.
Configuration 2
- n/a
- 6.2
- 6.4
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 product: - Red Hat Linux 6.2 - RHSA-2000:027 (2000-05-21)
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:N/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 (10 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 17.78% (0.17776) | 97.08th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 17.78% (0.17776) | 96.78th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 6.92% (0.06918) | 90.52th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 9.53% (0.09533) | 87.97th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 6.79% (0.06795) | 90.63th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 7.14% (0.07136) | 94.28th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 7.14% (0.07136) | 92.91th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 6.79% (0.06790) | 92.15th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 6.79% (0.06790) | 91.41th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 6.79% (0.06790) | 79.54th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
No CWE recorded.
References (11)
- ftp://ftp.calderasystems.com/pub/OpenLinux/security/CSSA-2000-013.0.txt vendor-advisoryx_refsource_CALDERAPatchVendor Advisory
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-05/0241.html mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-06/0025.html mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/suse_security_announce_49.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1233 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1279 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1370 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2000-0491 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1616484 Issue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2000-0491
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2000-0491
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| ftp://ftp.calderasystems.com/pub/OpenLinux/security/CSSA-2000-013.0.txt | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_CALDERAPatchVendor Advisory | |
| http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-05/0241.html | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ | |
| http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-06/0025.html | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ | |
| http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/suse_security_announce_49.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1233 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1279 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1370 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2000-0491 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1616484 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2000-0491 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2000-0491 |
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