# CVE-2000-0460: Memory corruption in n/a

> Local attackers can exploit a buffer overflow in KDE kdesud via a long DISPLAY variable to gain elevated privileges.

- **Severity:** High 7.2 (`AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 12 Jul 2000
- **Updated:** 8 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-3j2h-fq3g-cjhp

## What is CVE-2000-0460?

CVE-2000-0460 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Kde Kde, 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 KDE kdesud on Linux allows local uses to gain privileges via a long DISPLAY environmental variable.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2000-0460?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Kde Kde.

## How do I fix CVE-2000-0460?

No fix has been published for CVE-2000-0460 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2000-0460 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2000-0460 exists.

Public exploit code:

- KDE 1.1/1.1.1/1.1.2/1.2 - kdesud DISPLAY Environment Variable Overflow (exploitdb)

## Other vulnerabilities in Kde Kde

- [CVE-2005-0011](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2005-0011/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2003-0690](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2003-0690/): Privilege escalation in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2008-1670](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-1670/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 9.3)
- [CVE-2012-4512](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2012-4512/): Memory corruption in Konqueror (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2006-0019](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2006-0019/): Memory corruption in n/a (high 7.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2000-0460 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2000-0460 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Kde Kde, published on 12 Jul 2000. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2000-0460 exists.

Affected product: Kde Kde. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2000-0460/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2000-0460/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2000-0460
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2000-0460
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2000-0460

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2000-0460/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.