CVE-2000-0986: Oracle ORACLE8I

Medium severity, CVSS 4.6. EPSS: 2.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Buffer overflow in Oracle 8.1.5 applications such as names, namesctl, onrsd, osslogin, tnslsnr, tnsping, trcasst, and trcroute possibly allow local users to gain privileges via a long ORACLE_HOME environmental variable.

Affected products

• Oracle ORACLE8I: version 8.1.5 only

Published 2000-12-19. Last modified 2026-09-23.