CVE-2000-0291

CVSS 2.0 Score 4.6 of 10 (medium)

Details

Published Apr 16, 2000
Updated: Nov 20, 2024

Summary

CVE-2000-0291 is a vulnerability affecting Star Office 5.1, where a buffer overflow occurs due to processing overly long URLs within a document. An attacker can exploit this issue to cause a denial of service. The flaw arises from an lack of proper validation and handling of URL lengths, resulting in memory corruption. This can potentially lead to Star Office crashing, rendering the software unusable until it is restarted.

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