CVE-2000-0440

Medium

Published: 01/05/2000(UTC)Updated: 16/06/2026(UTC)Translated: 18/06/2026(UTC)NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

High risk

3.24%

87th percentile - higher than 87% of all known CVEs

NetBSD 1.4.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service by sending a packet with an unaligned IP timestamp option.

Attackers can disrupt system availability, potentially leading to service outages and loss of user trust.

It is recommended to upgrade the system to a newer version to eliminate this vulnerability.

Original NVD description (English source)

NetBSD 1.4.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service by sending a packet with an unaligned IP timestamp option.