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
Published Oct 13, 2000
2.1
LOWCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.70%
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.
Affected products
No data.
- 3.0
- 3.1
- 3.2
- 3.3
- 3.4
- 3.5
- 4.0
- 5.0
- 1.4
- 1.4.1
- 1.4.1
- 1.4.1
- 1.4.1
- 1.4.2
- 1.4.2
- 1.4.2
- 1.4.2
- 2.5
- 2.6
- 2.7
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:L/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 (9 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 0.70% (0.00702) | 51.52th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.70% (0.00702) | 48.23th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.81% (0.00807) | 72.50th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.07% (0.00065) | 30.57th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 14, 2024 | 0.07% (0.00065) | 28.55th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.07% (0.00065) | 26.55th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.96% (0.01963) | 78.58th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.96% (0.01963) | 76.70th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.96% (0.01963) | 55.84th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
No CWE recorded.
References (4)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/622 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.securityfocus.com/templates/archive.pike?list=1&msg=NCBBKFKDOLAGKIAPMILPCEJLCEAA.labs%40ussrback.com mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.securityfocus.com/templates/archive.pike?list=1&msg=Pine.LNX.4.10.9908270039010.16315-100000%40thetis.deor.org mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/3298 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/622 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/templates/archive.pike?list=1&msg=NCBBKFKDOLAGKIAPMILPCEJLCEAA.labs%40ussrback.com | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/templates/archive.pike?list=1&msg=Pine.LNX.4.10.9908270039010.16315-100000%40thetis.deor.org | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/3298 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF |
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