CURL-CVE-2000-0973

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    CURL-CVE-2000-0973

    Published: 13 Oct 2000Last Modified: 27 May 2026
    Aliases:
    CVE-2000-0973

    Summary: FTP Server Response Buffer Overflow

    Details: 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.

    References:

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name:

    Purl:

    Affected ranges

    Type: SEMVER

    Events:

    Introduced- 6.0
    Fixed -7.4.1

    Affected versions

    7.4

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High