MEDIUM
rwho daemon rwhod in FreeBSD 4.2 and earlier, and possibly other operating systems, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via malformed packets with a short length
Published Sep 18, 2001
5.0
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 1.61%
Description
rwho daemon rwhod in FreeBSD 4.2 and earlier, and possibly other operating systems, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via malformed packets with a short length.
Affected products
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.
5.0 MEDIUM NVD
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact Partial
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
1.61% 0.01614
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.01614
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 (10 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 1.61% (0.01614) | 75.11th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 1.61% (0.01614) | 72.76th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.74% (0.00739) | 71.20th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.67% (0.00671) | 80.48th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 8, 2024 | 0.67% (0.00671) | 79.17th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.67% (0.00671) | 76.66th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.14% (0.01136) | 59.45th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Oct 18, 2022 | 1.14% (0.01136) | 58.28th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.14% (0.01136) | 56.27th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.14% (0.01136) | 34.23th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (0)
No CWE recorded.
References (3)
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/freebsd/2001-03/0163.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FREEBSDPatchVendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2473 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDPatchVendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6229 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/freebsd/2001-03/0163.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FREEBSDPatchVendor Advisory | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2473 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDPatchVendor Advisory | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6229 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Sep 18, 2001
Updated Aug 8, 2024
Reserved May 24, 2001
Link CVE-2001-0469
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a