security flaw
Published Jan 22, 2001
10.0
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 18.08%
Description
Buffer overflow in curl earlier than 6.0-1.1, and curl-ssl earlier than 6.0-1.2, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands by forcing a long error message to be generated.
Affected products
No data.
- 6.0
- 6.1
- 6.1beta
- 6.3
- 6.4
- 6.5
- 6.5.1
- 6.5.2
- 7.1
- 7.1.1
- 7.2
- 7.2.1
- 7.3
- 7.4
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.
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 (18 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 18.08% (0.18076) | 97.11th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Aug 4, 2026 | 18.08% (0.18076) | 96.90th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 19.25% (0.19247) | 96.98th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 11, 2026 | 12.23% (0.12231) | 93.72th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 7, 2025 | 27.84% (0.27837) | 96.27th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Nov 3, 2025 | 26.16% (0.26160) | 96.10th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Oct 22, 2025 | 27.84% (0.27837) | 96.21th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 9.38% (0.09375) | 92.02th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 30.38% (0.30383) | 94.78th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 19, 2025 | 9.38% (0.09375) | 91.77th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 13.12% (0.13123) | 93.56th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 7.59% (0.07588) | 94.11th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 8, 2024 | 2.86% (0.02862) | 90.38th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 29, 2023 | 5.15% (0.05153) | 91.82th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 4.38% (0.04381) | 91.06th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 4.48% (0.04482) | 88.77th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 4.48% (0.04482) | 87.66th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 4.48% (0.04482) | 71.45th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
No CWE recorded.
References (8)
- ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-00:72.curl.asc vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FREEBSD
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-10/0331.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1804 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDExploitPatchVendor Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2000-0973 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1616532 Issue Tracking
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5374 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2000-0973
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2000-0973
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-00:72.curl.asc | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FREEBSD | |
| http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-10/0331.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1804 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDExploitPatchVendor Advisory | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2000-0973 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1616532 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5374 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2000-0973 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2000-0973 |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.