CVE-2000-0438

Exp

Buffer overflow in fdmount on Linux systems allows local users in the "floppy" group to execute arbitrary commands via a long mountpoint parameter.

Published: 2000-05-22 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2000-0438 is rated High Exploit Risk (65.7/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.08%). 3 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2000-0438

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
19954 exploit_db edb 2000-05-22 Exploit-DB ↗
19953 exploit_db edb 2000-05-22 Exploit-DB ↗
19952 exploit_db edb 2000-05-22 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2000-0438

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.38% 1.08% +0.70%
2 2026-01-13 0.26% 0.38% +0.12%
3 2025-03-17 — 0.26% —

Full EPSS history (5 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2000-0438

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.2 2.0 HIGH
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C Click to expand
Access vector (AV:L)
Requires local access to the target system.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
 3.9 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2000-0438

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2000-0438

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
caldera openlinux 7.0 cpe:2.3:o:caldera:openlinux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
slackware slackware_linux 3.3 cpe:2.3:o:slackware:slackware_linux:3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
slackware slackware_linux 3.4 cpe:2.3:o:slackware:slackware_linux:3.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
slackware slackware_linux 3.5 cpe:2.3:o:slackware:slackware_linux:3.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
slackware slackware_linux 3.6 cpe:2.3:o:slackware:slackware_linux:3.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
slackware slackware_linux 3.9 cpe:2.3:o:slackware:slackware_linux:3.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
slackware slackware_linux 4.0 cpe:2.3:o:slackware:slackware_linux:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
suse suse_linux 4.2 cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
suse suse_linux 4.3 cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
suse suse_linux 4.4 cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:4.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
suse suse_linux 4.4.1 cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:4.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
suse suse_linux 5.0 cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
suse suse_linux 5.1 cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
suse suse_linux 5.2 cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
suse suse_linux 5.3 cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
suse suse_linux 6.0 cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
suse suse_linux 6.1 cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
suse suse_linux 6.2 cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
suse suse_linux 6.3 cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
suse suse_linux 6.4 cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:6.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
suse suse_linux 7.0 cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
turbolinux turbolinux 6.0 cpe:2.3:o:turbolinux:turbolinux:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
turbolinux turbolinux 6.0.1 cpe:2.3:o:turbolinux:turbolinux:6.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
turbolinux turbolinux 6.0.2 cpe:2.3:o:turbolinux:turbolinux:6.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2000-0438

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