CVE-2000-0491 — HIGH severity vulnerability (Buffer overflow in the XDMCP parsing code of GNOME gdm, KDE)
Buffer overflow in the XDMCP parsing code of GNOME gdm, KDE kdm, and wdm allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands or cause a denial of service via a long FORWARD_QUERY request.
| CVE ID | CVE-2000-0491 |
|---|---|
| Severity | HIGH |
| CVSS score | 10.0 |
| CVSS vector | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
| CWE | NVD-CWE-Other |
| Status | Modified |
| Published | 2000-05-24 |
| Last modified | 2026-04-16 |
| Description | Buffer overflow in the XDMCP parsing code of GNOME gdm, KDE kdm, and wdm allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands or cause a denial of service via a long FORWARD_QUERY request. |
| Source | NIST National Vulnerability Database |
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