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CVE-2000-0438

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2000-05-22 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Buffer overflow in fdmount on Linux systems allows local users in the "floppy" group to execute arbitrary commands via a long mountpoint parameter.

Affected products

• Caldera Openlinux: 7.0
• Slackware Linux: 3.3, 3.4, 3.5, 3.6, 3.9, 4.0
• Suse Linux: 4.2, 4.3, 4.4, 4.4.1, 5.0, 5.1 (+8)
• Turbolinux: 6.0, 6.0.1, 6.0.2

References

• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-05/0245.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1239
• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-05/0245.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1239

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