CVE-2000-0976

Exp

Buffer overflow in xlib in XFree 3.3.x possibly allows local users to execute arbitrary commands via a long DISPLAY environment variable or a -display command line parameter.

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-2000-0976 is rated Exploit Available (53.7/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.97%). 2 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-2000-0976

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
20294 exploit_db edb 2000-10-12 Exploit-DB ↗
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2000-0976

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 0.68% 0.97% +0.29%
2 2025-07-18 0.32% 0.68% +0.36%
3 2025-03-30 — 0.32% —

Full EPSS history (7 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2000-0976

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.6 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P 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:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 3.9 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2000-0976

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2000-0976

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
xfree86_project xlib 3.3x cpe:2.3:a:xfree86_project:xlib:3.3x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2000-0976

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