CVE-2000-1214

Medium CVSS 4.6

Published 2000-10-18 · last changed 2026-06-16

The fix

We hold no Microsoft remediation data for CVE-2000-1214, 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 overflows in the (1) outpack or (2) buf variables of ping in iputils before 20001010, as distributed on Red Hat Linux 6.2 through 7J and other operating systems, may allow local users to gain privileges.

Sources

NVD record for CVE-2000-1214

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