CVE-2000-0606

High CVSS 7.2

Published 2000-06-21 · last changed 2026-06-16

The fix

We hold no Microsoft remediation data for CVE-2000-0606, 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 kon program in Kanji on Console (KON) package on Linux may allow local users to gain root privileges via a long -StartupMessage parameter.

Sources

NVD record for CVE-2000-0606

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