security flaw
Published Jan 22, 2001
10.0
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 15.63%
Description
Some functions that implement the locale subsystem on Unix do not properly cleanse user-injected format strings, which allows local attackers to execute arbitrary commands via functions such as gettext and catopen.
Affected products
No data.
Configuration 1
- 3.0
- 6.2
- 4.0
- 4.0es
- 4.1
- 4.2
- 5.0
- 5.1
- 6.2
- 6.3
- 6.4
- 6.5
- 6.5.1
- 6.5.2m
- 6.5.3
- 6.5.3f
- 6.5.3m
- 6.5.4
- 6.5.6
- 6.5.7
- 6.5.8
Configuration 2
- n/a
- 2.3
- 2.0
- 2.1
- 2.2
- 2.3
- 3.2
- 3.2.4
- 3.2.5
- 4.0
- 4.1
- 4.1.1
- 4.1.2
- 4.1.3
- 4.1.4
- 4.1.5
- 4.2
- 4.2.1
- 4.3
- 4.3.1
- 4.3.2
- 7.0
- 7.1
- 5.0
- 5.1
- 5.2
- 6.0
- 6.1
- 6.2
- 7.0
- 7.1
- 2.6
- 5.0
- 5.1
- 5.2
- 5.3
- 5.4
- 5.5
- 5.5.1
- 5.7
- 5.8
- 6.1
- 6.2
- 6.3
- 6.4
- 7.0
- 1.0
- 1.1
- 6.0
- 6.0.1
- 6.0.2
- 6.0.3
- 6.0.4
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 products: - Red Hat Linux 5.0 - RHSA-2000:057 (2000-09-01) - Red Hat Linux 5.1 - RHSA-2000:057 (2000-09-01) - Red Hat Linux 5.2 - RHSA-2000:057 (2000-09-01) - Red Hat Linux 6.0 - RHSA-2000:057 (2000-09-01) - Red Hat Linux 6.1 - RHSA-2000:057 (2000-09-01) - Red Hat Linux 6.2 - RHSA-2000:057 (2000-09-01)
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 | 15.63% (0.15633) | 96.75th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 15.35% (0.15349) | 96.35th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.89% (0.00891) | 73.92th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.48% (0.00477) | 76.56th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 8, 2024 | 0.48% (0.00477) | 75.03th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 8, 2023 | 0.48% (0.00477) | 72.43th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.28% (0.00284) | 63.68th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 8.89% (0.08895) | 93.98th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 8.89% (0.08895) | 93.44th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 8.89% (0.08895) | 82.92th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (16)
- ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20000901-01-P vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SGI
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-08/0436.html mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-08/0457.html mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQExploitPatchVendor Advisory
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-10/0427.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_AIXAPAR
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/tru64/2000-q4/0000.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_COMPAQ
- http://www.calderasystems.com/support/security/advisories/CSSA-2000-030.0.txt vendor-advisoryx_refsource_CALDERA
- http://www.debian.org/security/2000/20000902 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/adv5_draht_glibc_txt.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2000-057.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1634 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDExploitPatchVendor Advisory
- http://www.turbolinux.com/pipermail/tl-security-announce/2000-September/000020.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_TURBO
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2000-0844 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1616517 Issue Tracking
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5176 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2000-0844
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2000-0844
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.