Vulnerability Database

300,444

Total vulnerabilities in the database

CVE-2000-0844

Some functions that implement the locale subsystem on Unix do not properly cleanse user-injected format strings, which allows local attackers to execute arbitrary commands via functions such as gettext and catopen.

  • Published: Nov 14, 2000
  • Updated: Nov 9, 2025
  • CVE: CVE-2000-0844
  • Severity: High
  • Exploit:

CVSS v2:

  • Severity: High
  • Score: 10
  • AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CWEs:

Software From Fixed in
sgi / irix 6.5.6 6.5.6.x
sgi / irix 6.5.3f 6.5.3f.x
sgi / irix 6.5.1 6.5.1.x
conectiva / linux 4.2 4.2.x
conectiva / linux 4.1 4.1.x
conectiva / linux 5.1 5.1.x
immunix / immunix 6.2 6.2.x
sgi / irix 6.4 6.4.x
sgi / irix 6.5.2m 6.5.2m.x
sgi / irix 6.5.3 6.5.3.x
sgi / irix 6.5.3m 6.5.3m.x
sgi / irix 6.5.8 6.5.8.x
conectiva / linux 4.0es 4.0es.x
caldera / openlinux_ebuilder 3.0 3.0.x
sgi / irix 6.5.4 6.5.4.x
sgi / irix 6.3 6.3.x
conectiva / linux 5.0 5.0.x
sgi / irix 6.5 6.5.x
sgi / irix 6.5.7 6.5.7.x
sgi / irix 6.2 6.2.x
conectiva / linux 4.0 4.0.x
suse / suse_linux 6.2 6.2.x
ibm / aix 4.3.2 4.3.2.x
ibm / aix 4.3 4.3.x
sun / sunos 5.3 5.3.x
debian / debian_linux 2.3 2.3.x
trustix / secure_linux 1.1 1.1.x
ibm / aix 4.2.1 4.2.1.x
redhat / linux 5.1 5.1.x
debian / debian_linux 2.2 2.2.x
debian / debian_linux 2.1 2.1.x
ibm / aix 3.2.5 3.2.5.x
mandrakesoft / mandrake_linux 7.0 7.0.x
redhat / linux 6.1 6.1.x
ibm / aix 3.2.4 3.2.4.x
slackware / slackware_linux 7.1 7.1.x
ibm / aix 4.1.4 4.1.4.x
ibm / aix 4.2 4.2.x
ibm / aix 4.1.5 4.1.5.x
redhat / linux 6.2 6.2.x
redhat / linux 5.0 5.0.x
mandrakesoft / mandrake_linux 7.1 7.1.x
trustix / secure_linux 1.0 1.0.x
sun / sunos 5.7 5.7.x
sun / sunos 5.5 5.5.x
sun / sunos 5.8 5.8.x
turbolinux / turbolinux 6.0.1 6.0.1.x
caldera / openlinux - -
redhat / linux 5.2 5.2.x
turbolinux / turbolinux 6.0 6.0.x
turbolinux / turbolinux 6.0.2 6.0.2.x
slackware / slackware_linux 7.0 7.0.x
suse / suse_linux 6.1 6.1.x
caldera / openlinux_eserver 2.3 2.3.x
ibm / aix 4.0 4.0.x
ibm / aix 4.1.1 4.1.1.x
turbolinux / turbolinux 6.0.4 6.0.4.x
sun / sunos 5.4 5.4.x
suse / suse_linux 7.0 7.0.x
suse / suse_linux 6.3 6.3.x
sun / sunos 5.5.1 5.5.1.x
ibm / aix 4.1.2 4.1.2.x
suse / suse_linux 6.4 6.4.x
debian / debian_linux 2.0 2.0.x
ibm / aix 4.3.1 4.3.1.x
turbolinux / turbolinux 6.0.3 6.0.3.x
redhat / linux 6.0 6.0.x
ibm / aix 4.1 4.1.x
sun / sunos 5.0 5.0.x
ibm / aix 4.1.3 4.1.3.x
ibm / aix 3.2 3.2.x
sun / solaris 2.6 2.6.x
sun / sunos 5.1 5.1.x
sun / sunos 5.2 5.2.x