CVE-2000-0973
Buffer overflow in curl earlier than 6.0-1.1, and curl-ssl earlier than 6.0-1.2, allows remote...
Buffer overflow in curl earlier than 6.0-1.1, and curl-ssl earlier than 6.0-1.2, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands by forcing a long error message to be generated.
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
Buffer overflow in curl earlier than 6.0-1.1, and curl-ssl earlier than 6.0-1.2, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands by forcing a long error message to be generated.
- Record
CVE-2000-0973- CVSS 2.0
- 10.0 High
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C - Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Buffer overflow in curl earlier than 6.0-1.1, and curl-ssl earlier than 6.0-1.2, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands by forcing a long error message to be generated.
- Record
CVE-2000-0973- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2000-0960 No score
Buffer overflow in curl earlier than 6.0-1.1, and curl-ssl earlier than 6.0-1.2, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands by forcing a long error message to be generated.
- Record
EUVD-2000-0960- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-4g26-v2fv-8g5f No score
Buffer overflow in curl earlier than 6.0-1.1, and curl-ssl earlier than 6.0-1.2, allows remote...
Buffer overflow in curl earlier than 6.0-1.1, and curl-ssl earlier than 6.0-1.2, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands by forcing a long error message to be generated.
- Record
GHSA-4g26-v2fv-8g5f- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVCURL-CVE-2000-0973 No score
FTP Server Response Buffer Overflow
When storing an FTP server's error message on failure, there was no check for input length and thus a malicious FTP server could overflow curl's stack based buffer.
- Record
CURL-CVE-2000-0973- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Public exploits
Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.
| Source | Link | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Exploit-DB | cURL 6.1 < 7.4 - Remote Buffer Overflow (1) | 2000-10-13 |
| Exploit-DB | cURL 6.1 < 7.4 - Remote Buffer Overflow (2) | 2000-10-13 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, Exploit-DB, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2000-0973 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 10.0) in Daniel Stenberg Curl, published October 13, 2000. Public exploit code exists. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 18.1%, the 97th percentile. No source names a fixed version.