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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 IDCVE-2000-1011
SeverityHIGH
CVSS score7.2
CVSS vectorAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
CWENVD-CWE-Other
StatusModified
Published2000-12-11
Last modified2026-04-16
DescriptionBuffer 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.
SourceNIST National Vulnerability Database

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