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Vulnerability record · CVE-2000-0909 · published 19 December 2000

CVE-2000-0909: University of washington pine vulnerability

University Of Washington · Pine

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.

7.5 CVSS 2.0 High EPSS 12% · top 4.1%
7.5CVSS 2.0 base score
12%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
14References, 2 tagged exploit
23 Sep 2026Last modified by NVD

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.

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

Affected products

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

References

LinkTags
ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-00:59.pine.asc
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 ExploitPatchVendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5283
ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-00:59.pine.asc
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 ExploitPatchVendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5283

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2000-0909), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-27). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.