CVE-2000-0620 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

libX11 X library allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a resource mask of 0, which causes libX11 to go into an infinite loop.

Published: 2001-09-18

Score: 5.0 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

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	cpe:2.3:a:open_group:x:11.0r6.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:open_group:x:11.0r6.2:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:open_group:x:11.0r6.3:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:open_group:x:11.0r6.4:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:xfree86_project:x11r6:3.3.3:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:xfree86_project:x11r6:3.3.4:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:xfree86_project:x11r6:3.3.5:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:xfree86_project:x11r6:3.3.6:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:xfree86_project:x11r6:4.0:::::::*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2000-0616	libX11 X library allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a resource mask of 0, which causes libX11 to go into an infinite loop.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00886.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=96146116627474&w=2
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1409
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/4996

History

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Subscriptions

Open Group X

Xfree86 Project X11r6

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2001-09-18T04:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-08T05:21:31.408Z

Reserved: 2000-07-19T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2000-0620

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2000-06-19T04:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-2000-0620

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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