CVE-2000-0909

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 11.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2000-12-19 · updated 2026-09-23

Description

Buffer overflow in the automatic mail checking component of Pine 4.21 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a long From: header.

Affected products

University Of Washington Pine: 4.0.4, 4.10, 4.21

References

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-10/0441.html
http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/MDKSA-2000-073.php3
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2000-102.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/84901
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1709
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5283
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-10/0441.html
http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/MDKSA-2000-073.php3
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2000-102.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/84901

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