CVE-2000-1011 — HIGH severity vulnerability (Buffer overflow in catopen() function in FreeBSD 5.0 and ear)
Buffer overflow in catopen() function in FreeBSD 5.0 and earlier, and possibly other OSes, allows local users to gain root privileges via a long environmental variable.
| CVE ID | CVE-2000-1011 |
|---|---|
| Severity | HIGH |
| CVSS score | 7.2 |
| CVSS vector | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
| CWE | NVD-CWE-Other |
| Status | Modified |
| Published | 2000-12-11 |
| Last modified | 2026-04-16 |
| Description | Buffer overflow in catopen() function in FreeBSD 5.0 and earlier, and possibly other OSes, allows local users to gain root privileges via a long environmental variable. |
| Source | NIST National Vulnerability Database |
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