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Case File

CVE-2000-1184

MEDIUM · CVSS 5 EPSS 1.66%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2001-01-09 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a medium severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.0. It may be remotely exploitable. It may lead to a denial-of-service condition.

CVE
CVE-2000-1184
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
5
EPSS
1.66%

Original NVD Description

telnetd in FreeBSD 4.2 and earlier, and possibly other operating systems, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service by specifying an arbitrary large file in the TERMCAP environmental variable, which consumes resources as the server processes the file.