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CVE-2000-0794 — HIGH severity vulnerability (Buffer overflow in IRIX libgl.so library allows local users)

Buffer overflow in IRIX libgl.so library allows local users to gain root privileges via a long HOME variable to programs such as (1) gmemusage and (2) gr_osview.

CVE IDCVE-2000-0794
SeverityHIGH
CVSS score7.2
CVSS vectorAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
CWENVD-CWE-Other
StatusModified
Published2000-10-20
Last modified2026-04-16
DescriptionBuffer overflow in IRIX libgl.so library allows local users to gain root privileges via a long HOME variable to programs such as (1) gmemusage and (2) gr_osview.
SourceNIST National Vulnerability Database

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