FreeBSD 5.1 and earlier, and Mac OS X before 10.3.4, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource exhaustion of memory buffers and system crash) via a large number of out-of-sequence TCP packets, which prevents the operating system from creating new connections
Published Sep 1, 2004
5.0
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 3.17%
Description
FreeBSD 5.1 and earlier, and Mac OS X before 10.3.4, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource exhaustion of memory buffers and system crash) via a large number of out-of-sequence TCP packets, which prevents the operating system from creating new connections.
Affected products
No data.
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 (13 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 3.17% (0.03169) | 87.57th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 3.17% (0.03169) | 86.31th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 1.42% (0.01419) | 78.78th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 2.63% (0.02627) | 76.11th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 1.42% (0.01419) | 79.24th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 2.51% (0.02510) | 89.81th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 4.24% (0.04236) | 92.57th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Aug 9, 2023 | 3.67% (0.03667) | 90.49th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 5.49% (0.05487) | 91.98th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.32% (0.01319) | 71.27th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 23, 2023 | 1.32% (0.01319) | 71.23th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.32% (0.01319) | 69.22th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.32% (0.01319) | 44.98th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
No CWE recorded.
References (7)
- ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-04:04.tcp.asc vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FREEBSD
- http://lists.seifried.org/pipermail/security/2004-May/003743.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLE
- http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=78&type=vulnerabilities third-party-advisoryx_refsource_IDEFENSEPatchVendor Advisory
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/395670 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNUS Government Resource
- http://www.osvdb.org/4124 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/9792 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDPatchVendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/15369 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-04:04.tcp.asc | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FREEBSD | |
| http://lists.seifried.org/pipermail/security/2004-May/003743.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLE | |
| http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=78&type=vulnerabilities | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_IDEFENSEPatchVendor Advisory | |
| http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/395670 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNUS Government Resource | |
| http://www.osvdb.org/4124 | vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/9792 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDPatchVendor Advisory | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/15369 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF |
Change history (0)
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