CVE-2000-0170

High CVSS 7.2

Published 2000-02-26 · last changed 2026-06-16

The fix

We hold no Microsoft remediation data for CVE-2000-0170, which normally means it is not a Windows CVE. For non-Microsoft software the fix is the vendor's own updated release, and the affected versions are listed below.

What it is

Buffer overflow in the man program in Linux allows local users to gain privileges via the MANPAGER environmental variable.

Sources

NVD record for CVE-2000-0170

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