CVE-2000-0331 Memory corruption in n/a

Medium 5.0 Published Updated

A local attacker can cause a denial of service in Windows command processor by exploiting a buffer overflow via a long environment variable.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Any signed-in user
Attackable
Local or same network only
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2000-0331?

CVE-2000-0331 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 2000, published on 12 Jul 2000. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Buffer overflow in Microsoft command processor (CMD.EXE) for Windows NT and Windows 2000 allows a local user to cause a denial of service via a long environment variable, aka the "Malformed Environment Variable" vulnerability.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2000-0331?

It affects 3 products.

Products include Microsoft Terminal Server, Microsoft Windows 2000, Microsoft Windows Nt.

How do I fix CVE-2000-0331?

No fix has been published for CVE-2000-0331 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2000-0331 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2000-0331 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Microsoft Windows 2000 vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-qjvx-wh8v-928g.

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