Description
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.
Published: 2000-11-29
Score: 7.2 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2000-0905 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.
History

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-08T05:37:31.679Z

Reserved: 2000-11-24T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2000-0918

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Status : Modified

Published: 2000-12-19T05:00:00.000

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

Link: CVE-2000-0918

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