CVE-2000-0973

Exp

Buffer overflow in curl earlier than 6.0-1.1, and curl-ssl earlier than 6.0-1.2, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands by forcing a long error message to be generated.

Published: 2000-12-19 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2000-0973 is rated High Exploit Risk (93.9/100): CVSS Critical severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 19.25%, 97th percentile). 3 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +7.02% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. 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-2000-0973

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
20293 exploit_db edb 2000-10-13 Exploit-DB ↗
20292 exploit_db edb 2000-10-13 Exploit-DB ↗
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2000-0973

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 12.23% 19.25% +7.02%
2 2026-03-11 27.84% 12.23% -15.61%
3 2025-12-07 — 27.84% —

Full EPSS history (15 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2000-0973

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
10.0 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
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.
 10.0 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2000-0973

OS Trackers for CVE-2000-0973

vendor priority summary link
redhat — — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2000-0973

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2000-0973

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
daniel_stenberg curl 6.0 cpe:2.3:a:daniel_stenberg:curl:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
daniel_stenberg curl 6.1 cpe:2.3:a:daniel_stenberg:curl:6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
daniel_stenberg curl 6.1beta cpe:2.3:a:daniel_stenberg:curl:6.1beta:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
daniel_stenberg curl 6.3 cpe:2.3:a:daniel_stenberg:curl:6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
daniel_stenberg curl 6.4 cpe:2.3:a:daniel_stenberg:curl:6.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
daniel_stenberg curl 6.5 cpe:2.3:a:daniel_stenberg:curl:6.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
daniel_stenberg curl 6.5.1 cpe:2.3:a:daniel_stenberg:curl:6.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
daniel_stenberg curl 6.5.2 cpe:2.3:a:daniel_stenberg:curl:6.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
daniel_stenberg curl 7.1 cpe:2.3:a:daniel_stenberg:curl:7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
daniel_stenberg curl 7.1.1 cpe:2.3:a:daniel_stenberg:curl:7.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
daniel_stenberg curl 7.2 cpe:2.3:a:daniel_stenberg:curl:7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
daniel_stenberg curl 7.2.1 cpe:2.3:a:daniel_stenberg:curl:7.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
daniel_stenberg curl 7.3 cpe:2.3:a:daniel_stenberg:curl:7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
daniel_stenberg curl 7.4 cpe:2.3:a:daniel_stenberg:curl:7.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2000-0973

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