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CVE-2000-0973: Daniel Stenberg Curl: Command injection
CVE-2000-0973 has a CVSS v2 base score of 10.0 (the maximum on that scale) and affects Daniel Stenberg Curl. Per its scoring, it can be exploited over the network, without authentication. The scored impact on confidentiality, integrity and availability is the highest available.
Vulnerability 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.
Severity breakdown
CVSS v2.0 10.0: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Access vector: Network. Exploitable remotely over the network.
- Access complexity: Low. No special conditions are required.
- Authentication: None. No authentication is needed.
- Confidentiality impact: Complete. Total information disclosure.
- Integrity impact: Complete. Total loss of integrity.
- Availability impact: Complete. Total shutdown of the component.
Affected products
- Daniel Stenberg Curl: 6.0; 6.1; 6.1beta; 6.3; 6.4; 6.5; 6.5.1; 6.5.2; 7.1; 7.1.1; 7.2; 7.2.1