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Vulnerability record · CVE-2000-0973 · published 19 December 2000

CVE-2000-0973: Daniel stenberg curl vulnerability

Daniel Stenberg · Curl

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.

10.0 CVSS 2.0 High EPSS 18% · top 2.9%
10.0CVSS 2.0 base score
18%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
8References, 2 tagged exploit
23 Sep 2026Last modified by NVD

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.

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

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-00:72.curl.asc
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-10/0331.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1804 ExploitPatchVendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5374
ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-00:72.curl.asc
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-10/0331.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1804 ExploitPatchVendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5374

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Related vulnerabilities

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2000-0973), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-27). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.