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CVE-2000-0476

Published: Jul 12, 2000Updated: Apr 16, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVDNVD-CWE-Other
5.0MEDIUM
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
2.5%
Top 16.8%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
1 Known
Remediation
Patch Available
Self-Check
Not available

Description

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.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LAu:NC:NI:NA:P
Exploitability
AV:NAccess Vector
Network
AC:LAccess Complexity
Low
Au:NAuthentication
None
Impact
C:NConfidentiality
None
I:NIntegrity
None
A:PAvailability
Partial
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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

Affected Products

michael jennings
commercialaka eterm
etermOn-prem
Consumer Software / productivity
putty
oss-project
puttyMixed
Consumer Software / file-utility
rxvt
oss-projectaka rxvt (terminal emulator), rxvt-unicode
rxvtMixed
Consumer Software / productivity
xfree86 project
oss-projectaka xfree86, xfree86 x, x11r6
x11r6On-prem
Operating Systems / unix-bsd
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Exploitability

1 exploit source identified

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References

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-05/0409.html
archives.neohapsis.com
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-05/0420.html
archives.neohapsis.com
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/06/09/1
openwall.com
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