Unscored severity · published Jul 3, 2002
CVE-2002-0574
Memory leak in FreeBSD 4.5 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory exhaustion) via ICMP echo packets that trigger a bug in ip_output() in which…
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CVSS
2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Memory leak in FreeBSD 4.5 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory exhaustion) via ICMP echo packets that trigger a bug in ip_output() in which the reference count for a routing table entry is not decremented, which prevents the entry from being removed.
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)2.0% · higher than 80% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
FR
Freebsd · Freebsd
through 4.5 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2002-0574
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2002-0574
Broken Link
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/8893.php
Broken Link
http://www.osvdb.org/5232
Broken Link
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4539
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