CVE-2000-0847

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2000-11-14 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Buffer overflow in University of Washington c-client library (used by pine and other programs) allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a long X-Keywords header.

Affected products

University Of Washington Imap: 4.7b, 4.7c
University Of Washington Pine: 4.20, 4.21

References

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-08/0425.html
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-08/0437.html
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/freebsd/2000-09/0108.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1646
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1687
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5223
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-08/0425.html
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-08/0437.html
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/freebsd/2000-09/0108.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1646
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1687
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5223

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