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CVE-2000-1010

Format string vulnerability in talkd in OpenBSD and possibly other BSD-based OSes allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a user name that contains format characters.

Published: Dec 11, 2000 Modified: Apr 16, 2026

CVSS Metrics

Affected Products (10)

Vendor Product Version
openbsd openbsd 2.3
openbsd openbsd 2.4
openbsd openbsd 2.5
openbsd openbsd 2.6
openbsd openbsd 2.7
redhat linux 5.0
redhat linux 5.1
redhat linux 5.2
redhat linux 5.2
redhat linux 5.2

GitHub Security Advisory GHSA-pjfm-8j94-x5vc

Format string vulnerability in talkd in OpenBSD and possibly other BSD-based OSes allows remote...

Risk Scores

CVSS Score 10.0 / 10
EPSS Score 1.63%

Top 18% most likely to be exploited

Threat Score 40.5 / 100

Data Sources

NVD EPSS GitHub