CVE-2000-0794

high

Description

Buffer overflow in IRIX libgl.so library allows local users to gain root privileges via a long HOME variable to programs such as (1) gmemusage and (2) gr_osview.

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/templates/archive.pike?list=1&msg=200008021924.e72JOVs12558%40ix.put.poznan.pl

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1527

http://www.osvdb.org/8568

http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/5063.php

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2000-10-20

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.2

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H