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CVE-2000-1214
Buffer overflows in the (1) outpack or (2) buf variables of ping in iputils before 20001010, as distributed on Red Hat Linux 6.2 through…
Medium4.6EPSS 0.41%
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- mitre
Description
Buffer overflows in the (1) outpack or (2) buf variables of ping in iputils before 20001010, as distributed on Red Hat Linux 6.2 through 7J and other operating systems, may allow local users to gain privileges.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium4.6 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.41% · top 65% 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: Medium 4.6.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (6)
- ping-buf-bo(5431) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- RHSA-2000:087 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- 20001025 Immunix OS Security Update for ping package (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 1813 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 20001020 Re: [RHSA-2000:087-02] Potential security problems in ping fixed. (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 20001030 Trustix Security Advisory - ping gnupg ypbind (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)
Record last updated .