tcpdump, Ethereal, and other sniffer packages allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service via malformed DNS packets in which a jump offset refers to itself, which causes tcpdump to enter an infinite loop while decompressing the packet
Published May 18, 2000
5.0
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 7.58%
Description
tcpdump, Ethereal, and other sniffer packages allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service via malformed DNS packets in which a jump offset refers to itself, which causes tcpdump to enter an infinite loop while decompressing the packet.
Affected products
No data.
- 0.8.4
- 0.8.5
- 0.8.6
- 3.4
- 3.5a
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (14 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 7.58% (0.07576) | 94.35th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 7.58% (0.07576) | 93.73th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jan 20, 2026 | 6.88% (0.06882) | 91.12th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| May 10, 2025 | 3.40% (0.03396) | 86.73th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 5.38% (0.05378) | 89.13th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 7.04% (0.07039) | 85.49th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 4.54% (0.04542) | 88.44th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.83% (0.00834) | 82.73th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 23, 2024 | 0.83% (0.00834) | 82.03th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Nov 8, 2023 | 0.83% (0.00834) | 80.03th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.73% (0.00725) | 77.65th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 4.19% (0.04187) | 87.39th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 4.19% (0.04187) | 86.11th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 4.19% (0.04187) | 69.86th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
No CWE recorded.
References (2)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1165 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDExploitPatchVendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/templates/archive.pike?list=1&msg=Pine.SOL.4.10.10005021942380.2077-100000%40paranoia.pgci.ca mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1165 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDExploitPatchVendor Advisory | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/templates/archive.pike?list=1&msg=Pine.SOL.4.10.10005021942380.2077-100000%40paranoia.pgci.ca | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ |
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