{"cve":"CVE-2000-0973","nvd":{"published":"2000-12-19T05:00:00.000","modified":"2026-09-23T10:10:00.673","status":"Modified","description":"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.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":[],"references":["ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-00:72.curl.asc","http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-10/0331.html","http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1804","https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5374","ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-00:72.curl.asc"],"products":["daniel_stenberg:curl"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T19:33:02.361923049+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2000-0973","score":0.18076,"percentile":0.97197,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}