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critical 10.0

CVE-2000-0743 in the critical feed json

Buffer overflow in University of Minnesota (UMN) gopherd 2.x allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a DES key generation…

published 2000-10-13 26 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2000-0738

cvss
10.0
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
12.6%
EPSS 12.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 96%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

Buffer overflow in University of Minnesota (UMN) gopherd 2.x allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a DES key generation request (GDESkey) that contains a long ticket value.

Patch / fix

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-20157)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

12.63% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 96% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-20157 UMN Gopherd 2.x - Halidate Function Buffer Overflow remote, 2000-08-20

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 10.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

References

Sources

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