CVE-2000-0794

High CVSS 7.2

Published 2000-10-20 · last changed 2026-06-16

The fix

We hold no Microsoft remediation data for CVE-2000-0794, 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 IRIX libgl.so library allows local users to gain root privileges via a long HOME variable to programs such as (1) gmemusage and (2) gr_osview.

Sources

NVD record for CVE-2000-0794

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