CVE Catalog
CVE-2000-0476
MediumExploitation Probability (EPSS)
High risk2.53%
83th percentile - higher than 83% of all known CVEs
Summary
xterm, Eterm, and rxvt allow an attacker to cause a denial of service by embedding certain escape characters which force the window to be resized.
Risk Assessment
An attacker can exploit this vulnerability to disrupt terminal operations, potentially leading to loss of system access or reduced performance.
Recommendation
It is recommended to update terminal software to the latest version to mitigate the risks associated with this vulnerability.
Original NVD description (English source)
xterm, Eterm, and rxvt allow an attacker to cause a denial of service by embedding certain escape characters which force the window to be resized.