CVE-2000-0218
HIGH · CVSS 7.2EPSS 0.8%EU EUVD
Buffer overflow in Linux mount and umount allows local users to gain root privileges via a long relative pathname.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 7.2 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- EPSS score
- 0.8% (57th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2000-0217)
- Published
- February 3, 2000
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2000-0217 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 8, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- caldera / openlinux
- suse / suse linux
Certified products that may be affected
4 FIPS 140 or Common Criteria certified products, from automated matching by sec-certs.org.
- SUSE Linux Enterprise OpenSSL 1 Cryptographic Module - SUSE LLC - FIPS 140 5238 - active
- SUSE Linux Enterprise OpenSSL 3 Cryptographic Module - SUSE LLC - FIPS 140 5096 - active
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3 - SUSE LLC - Common Criteria BSI-DSZ-CC-1214-2025 - active
- SuSE Linux Enterprise Server V8, Service Pack 3, RC4, with certification-sles-eal3 package - SUSE Linux Products Gmbh - Common Criteria BSI-DSZ-CC-0234-2004 - archived
References
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
Query CVEs from your AI assistant
The CVE/NVD Explorer brain answers CVE questions directly inside Claude, ChatGPT, or any MCP assistant — always up to date, no setup. Add it once and stop pasting advisories into chat.
Add the CVE brain