CVE-2000-0918

High CVSS 7.2

Published 2000-12-19 · last changed 2026-09-23

The fix

We hold no Microsoft remediation data for CVE-2000-0918, 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

Format string vulnerability in kvt in KDE 1.1.2 may allow local users to execute arbitrary commands via a DISPLAY environmental variable that contains formatting characters.

Sources

NVD record for CVE-2000-0918

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