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CVE-2000-0489

LOW · CVSS 2.1 EPSS 0.70%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 1999-09-05 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a low severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 2.1. It may lead to a denial-of-service condition.

CVE
CVE-2000-0489
Severity
LOW
CVSS
2.1
EPSS
0.70%

Original NVD Description

FreeBSD, NetBSD, and OpenBSD allow an attacker to cause a denial of service by creating a large number of socket pairs using the socketpair function, setting a large buffer size via setsockopt, then writing large buffers.