CVE-2000-0844 — HIGH severity vulnerability (Some functions that implement the locale subsystem on Unix d)
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.
| CVE ID | CVE-2000-0844 |
|---|---|
| Severity | HIGH |
| CVSS score | 10.0 |
| CVSS vector | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
| CWE | CWE-264 |
| Status | Modified |
| Published | 2000-11-14 |
| Last modified | 2026-04-16 |
| Description | 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. |
| Source | NIST National Vulnerability Database |
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