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CVE-2000-0949
Heap overflow in savestr function in LBNL traceroute 1.4a5 and earlier allows a local user to execute arbitrary commands via the -g option.
High7.2EPSS 1.2%
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Description
Heap overflow in savestr function in LBNL traceroute 1.4a5 and earlier allows a local user to execute arbitrary commands via the -g option.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.2 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.2% · top 32% 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 7.2.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (9)
- TLSA2000023-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_TURBOx_transferred
- traceroute-heap-overflow(5311) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- MDKSA-2000:053 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRAKEx_transferred
- RHSA-2000:078 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- 20000930 Conectiva Linux Security Announcement - traceroute (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 1739 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 20001013 traceroute: local root exploit (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- CSSA-2000-034.0 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_CALDERAx_transferred
- 20000928 Very interesting traceroute flaw (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- 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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