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Fencer Vulns
medium 4.6

CVE-2000-0545 json

Buffer overflow in mailx mail command (aka Mail) on Linux systems allows local users to gain privileges via a long -c (carbon copy) paramet…

published 2000-07-12 26 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2000-0542

cvss
4.6
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.9%
EPSS 0.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 59%
public exploits
2
Exploit-DB

Summary

Buffer overflow in mailx mail command (aka Mail) on Linux systems allows local users to gain privileges via a long -c (carbon copy) parameter.

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-19992)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

0.88% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 59% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-19992 mailx 8.1.1-10 (BSD/Slackware) - Local Buffer Overflow (2) local, 1999-07-03
  • EDB-19991 BSD 'mailx' 8.1.1-10 - Local Buffer Overflow (1) local, 2000-06-02

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 4.6 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

References

Sources

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