CVE-2000-0456

Low

Published: 28/05/2000(UTC)Updated: 16/06/2026(UTC)Translated: 18/06/2026(UTC)NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk

0.34%

25th percentile — higher than 25% of all known CVEs

Summary

NetBSD 1.4.2 and earlier allows local users to cause a denial of service by repeatedly running certain system calls in the kernel which do not yield the CPU.

Risk Assessment

An attacker can exploit this vulnerability to hog system resources, leading to reduced availability of services for other users.

Recommendation

It is recommended to upgrade the system to a newer version to mitigate this vulnerability and to monitor user activity for potential attacks.

Original NVD description (English source)

NetBSD 1.4.2 and earlier allows local users to cause a denial of service by repeatedly running certain system calls in the kernel which do not yield the CPU, aka "cpu-hog".