Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Oct 20, 2000· Updated Apr 16, 2026

CVE-2000-0794

Description

Buffer overflow in IRIX libgl.so library allows local users to gain root privileges via a long HOME variable to programs such as (1) gmemusage and (2) gr_osview.

Affected products

Sgi/Irix
cpe:2.3:o:sgi:irix:6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Patches

No patches discovered yet.

Vulnerability mechanics

AI mechanics synthesis has not run for this CVE yet.

References

www.securityfocus.com/bid/1527nvdVendor Advisory
www.iss.net/security_center/static/5063.phpnvd
www.osvdb.org/8568nvd
www.securityfocus.com/templates/archive.pikenvd

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