CVE-2000-0617 — MEDIUM severity vulnerability (Buffer overflow in xconq and cconq game programs on Red Hat)
Buffer overflow in xconq and cconq game programs on Red Hat Linux allows local users to gain additional privileges via long USER environmental variable.
| CVE ID | CVE-2000-0617 |
|---|---|
| Severity | MEDIUM |
| CVSS score | 4.6 |
| CVSS vector | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
| CWE | NVD-CWE-Other |
| Status | Modified |
| Published | 2000-06-22 |
| Last modified | 2026-04-16 |
| Description | Buffer overflow in xconq and cconq game programs on Red Hat Linux allows local users to gain additional privileges via long USER environmental variable. |
| Source | NIST National Vulnerability Database |
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