Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Feb 28, 2000· Updated Jun 16, 2026

CVE-2000-0196

Description

Buffer overflow in mhshow in the Linux nmh package allows remote attackers to execute commands via malformed MIME headers in an email message.

LLM-synthesized narrative grounded in this CVE's description and references.

Nmh/Nmh2 versions
cpe:2.3:a:nmh:nmh:1.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:nmh:nmh:1.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)
Red Hat/Linux9 versions
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:5.2:*:alpha:*:*:*:*:*+ 8 more
- cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:5.2:*:alpha:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:5.2:*:i386:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:5.2:*:sparc:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:6.0:*:alpha:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:6.0:*:i386:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:6.0:*:sparc:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:6.1:*:alpha:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:6.1:*:i386:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:6.1:*:sparc:*:*:*:*:*
Turbolinux/Turbolinux Server4 versions
cpe:2.3:o:turbolinux:turbolinux:3.5b2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 3 more
- cpe:2.3:o:turbolinux:turbolinux:3.5b2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:turbolinux:turbolinux:4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:turbolinux:turbolinux:4.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:turbolinux:turbolinux:6.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*