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CVE-2000-0973

• Severity: critical (CVSS 10.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 18.1% 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 curl earlier than 6.0-1.1, and curl-ssl earlier than 6.0-1.2, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands by forcing a long error message to be generated.

Affected products

• Daniel Stenberg Curl: 6.0, 6.1, 6.1beta, 6.3, 6.4, 6.5 (+8)

References

• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-10/0331.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1804
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5374
• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-10/0331.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1804
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5374

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