Is CVE-2000-0476 actively exploited?

CVE-2000-0476 has no public evidence of in-the-wild exploitation as of 2025-04-03.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2000-0476?

CVE-2000-0476 has a CVSS score of 5 (UNKNOWN severity). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P.

How do I patch CVE-2000-0476?

Patch guidance is available from michael jennings security advisories. CVEDatabase generates AI-assisted remediation guidance on demand for CVE-2000-0476.

CVE-2000-0476 - remediation guidance & executive summary

Q: Which products are affected by CVE-2000-0476?

5 products: michael jennings eterm, putty putty, rxvt rxvt, xfree86 project x11r6, xfree86 project x11r6.

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.

CVSS Metrics

Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Access Vector: network
Access Cmplx: low
Auth: none
Confidentiality: none
Integrity: none
Availability: partial
Weaknesses: NVD-CWE-Other

Metadata

Primary Vendor: MICHAEL_JENNINGS
Published: 6/1/2000
Last Modified: 4/3/2025
Source: NIST NVD
Note: Verify all details with official vendor sources before applying patches.

Affected Products

michael_jennings : etermputty : puttyrxvt : rxvtxfree86_project : x11r6xfree86_project : x11r6

Remediation Guidance

Executive Summary

View on NIST NVD