CVE Catalog

CVE-2000-0340

High
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Elevated risk
1.20%

64th percentile - higher than 64% of all known CVEs

Summary

Buffer overflow in Gnomelib in SuSE Linux 6.3 allows local users to execute arbitrary commands via the DISPLAY environmental variable.

Risk Assessment

This vulnerability may lead to unauthorized access to the system by local users, posing a serious security threat.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update the system to a newer version to eliminate this vulnerability and restrict access to the DISPLAY variable.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

Buffer overflow in Gnomelib in SuSE Linux 6.3 allows local users to execute arbitrary commands via the DISPLAY environmental variable.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS