CVEvulnerability

CVE-2000-0991

7.5 HIGH Published 2000-12-19 Modified 2026-09-23 Official page ↗

Status: Modified
Published: 2000-12-19
Last modified: 2026-09-23
Assigner: [email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected]): 7.5 HIGH — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Description

Buffer overflow in Hilgraeve, Inc. HyperTerminal client on Windows 98, ME, and 2000 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a long telnet URL, aka the "HyperTerminal Buffer Overflow" vulnerability.

Affected configurations

• hilgraeve hyperterminal (<= 6.0)

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1815 Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2000/ms00-079 docs.microsoft.com
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5387 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1815 Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2000/ms00-079 docs.microsoft.com
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5387 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com