CVE-2000-0844

High CVSS 10

Published 2000-11-14 · last changed 2026-06-16

The fix

We hold no Microsoft remediation data for CVE-2000-0844, 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

Some functions that implement the locale subsystem on Unix do not properly cleanse user-injected format strings, which allows local attackers to execute arbitrary commands via functions such as gettext and catopen.

Sources

NVD record for CVE-2000-0844

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