CVE-2000-0607

N/A Unknown

Published: June 21, 2000 Modified: April 16, 2026

Description

Buffer overflow in fld program in Kanji on Console (KON) package on Linux may allow local users to gain root privileges via an input file containing long CHARSET_REGISTRY or CHARSET_ENCODING settings.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1371

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.securityfocus.com/templates/archive.pike?list=1&msg=Pine.LNX.4.21.0006192340340.19998-100000%40ferret.lmh.ox.ac.uk

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1371

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

http://www.securityfocus.com/templates/archive.pike?list=1&msg=Pine.LNX.4.21.0006192340340.19998-100000%40ferret.lmh.ox.ac.uk

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

4 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score

N/A / 10.0

EPSS (Exploit Probability)

0.3%

53th percentile

Exploitation Status

Not in CISA KEV

Affected Vendors

debian mandrakesoft redhat