Vulnerability Report

CVE-2000-1214

Title: ping outpack/buf overflow may allow local privilege gain

Auth Bypass

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2000-1214.

CWE Category NVD-CWE-noinfo

Published Date Oct 18, 2000

Modified Date Jun 16, 2026

Exploit Status Not Found

Score 4.6 CVSS v2.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

0.41%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2000-1214: Buffer overflows in the (1) outpack or (2) buf variables of ping in iputils before 20001010, as distributed on Red Hat Linux 6.2 through 7J and other operating systems, may allow local users to gain privileges.

Impacted Vendors

iputils 1

immunix 1

Reference Links

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-10/0429.html http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=97208562830613&w=2 http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=97249980727834&w=2 http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/5431.php http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2000-087.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1813 http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-10/0429.html http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=97208562830613&w=2 http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=97249980727834&w=2 http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/5431.php http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2000-087.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1813

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity MEDIUM

4.6

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

RAW VECTOR AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2000-1214 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

June 16, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

April 03, 2025 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

October 18, 2000 PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector N/A

Complexity N/A

Privileges N/A

Interaction NONE

CVSS Vector String


                                    AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.