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Vulnerability record · CVE-2000-0476 · published 1 June 2000

CVE-2000-0476: Michael jennings eterm vulnerability

MMichael Jennings · Eterm

xterm, Eterm, and rxvt allow an attacker to cause a denial of service by embedding certain escape characters which force the window to be resized.

5.0 CVSS 2.0 Medium EPSS 2.5% · top 15.7%
5.0CVSS 2.0 base score
2.5%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
4Affected product versions listed by NVD
10References, 2 tagged exploit
16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

xterm, Eterm, and rxvt allow an attacker to cause a denial of service by embedding certain escape characters which force the window to be resized.

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Affected products

4 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-05/0409.html PatchVendor Advisory
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-05/0420.html
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/06/09/1
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/06/09/2
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1298 ExploitPatchVendor Advisory
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-05/0409.html PatchVendor Advisory
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-05/0420.html
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/06/09/1
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/06/09/2
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1298 ExploitPatchVendor Advisory

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2000-0476), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-28). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.