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CVE-2000-0196

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 3.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2000-02-28 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Buffer overflow in mhshow in the Linux nmh package allows remote attackers to execute commands via malformed MIME headers in an email message.

Affected products

• Nmh: 1.0.2
• RedHat Linux: 5.2, 6.0, 6.1
• Turbolinux: 3.5b2, 4.2, 4.4, 6.0.2

References

• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2000-006.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1018
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2000-006.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1018

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