CVE-2000-0440 EXPLOIT
5.0
MEDIUM · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 3.2% (pctl 88)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
NetBSD 1.4.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service by sending a packet with an unaligned IP timestamp option.
Scoring
| CVSS | 5.0 (MEDIUM, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
| EPSS | 3.24% — more likely to be exploited than 88% of all CVEs |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2000-05-01 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (2)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| freebsd | freebsd |
| netbsd | netbsd |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | FreeBSD 3.4/4.0/5.0 / NetBSD 1.4 - Unaligned IP Option Denial of Service | 2000-05-04 |
References
- ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/misc/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2000-002.txt.asc
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-05/0088.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1173
- ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/misc/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2000-002.txt.asc
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-05/0088.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1173
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