security flaw
Published Nov 29, 2000
7.2
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.69%
Description
Buffer overflow in ncurses library allows local users to execute arbitrary commands via long environmental information such as TERM or TERMINFO_DIRS.
Affected products
No data.
Configuration 2
Configuration 3
- < 5.6
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 6.2 - RHSA-2000:115 (2000-11-27) - Red Hat Linux 7.0 - RHSA-2000:115 (2000-11-27) - Red Hat Linux 7.0j - RHSA-2000:115 (2000-11-27)
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 | 0.69% (0.00685) | 50.84th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.68% (0.00679) | 47.37th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.16% (0.00156) | 33.81th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 5.07th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 5.63th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 0.95% (0.00950) | 32.28th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Sep 10, 2022 | 0.95% (0.00950) | 30.63th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 0.95% (0.00950) | 28.61th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 0.95% (0.00950) | 13.46th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
No CWE recorded.
References (8)
- http://www.calderasystems.com/support/security/advisories/CSSA-2000-036.0.txt vendor-advisoryx_refsource_CALDERAPatchVendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/138550 mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQBroken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1142 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDBroken LinkExploitPatchThird Party AdvisoryVDB EntryVendor Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2000-0963 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1616530 Issue Tracking
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44487 vdb-entryx_refsource_XFVDB EntryVendor Advisory
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2000-0963
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2000-0963
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://www.calderasystems.com/support/security/advisories/CSSA-2000-036.0.txt | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_CALDERAPatchVendor Advisory | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/138550 | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQBroken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1142 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDBroken LinkExploitPatchThird Party AdvisoryVDB EntryVendor Advisory | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2000-0963 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1616530 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44487 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XFVDB EntryVendor Advisory | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2000-0963 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2000-0963 |
Change history (0)
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