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CVE-2000-0844
Some functions that implement the locale subsystem on Unix do not properly cleanse user-injected format strings, which allows local…
High10.0EPSS 15.6%
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- mitre
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High10.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 15.6% · top 3.1% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 10.0.
Weakness
Affected products
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References (11)
- RHSA-2000:057 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- 20000906 glibc locale security problem (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- 20000902 Conectiva Linux Security Announcement - glibc (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- SSRT0689U (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_COMPAQx_transferred
- TLSA2000020-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_TURBOx_transferred
- 20000902 glibc: local root exploit (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- 20000904 UNIX locale format string vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- IY13753 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_AIXAPARx_transferred
- 1634 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- CSSA-2000-030.0 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_CALDERAx_transferred
- unix-locale-format-string(5176) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
Sources
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- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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