CVE-2000-0279
mediumpriority · track · 33EPSS 0.073 · 94 %ileexploit · functionalEUUSgrimoire priorityP1 · Urgent
Exploitable?
Public exploit
1 exploit · functional
Likely / severe?
7.28% (94th) EPSS
CVSS 5 · medium
Who says so?
2 sources
enisa_euvd · nvd
EPSS · scored 2026-10-28
BeOS allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via malformed packets whose length field is less than the length of the headers.
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cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
5.0
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode
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weaknesses
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exploits (1)
Public proof-of-concept and weaponised exploit code.
- EDB-19841Be BeOS 4.0/4.5/5.0 - IP Packet Length Fieldfunctional · exploit_db
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affected products (4)
Products and version ranges known to be affected.
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also known as (2)
Other names and identifiers for this entity.
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sources
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published 2000-04-07modified 2026-06-16
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references (6)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-04/0029.htmlenisa_euvd
- http://bebugs.be.com/devbugs/detail.php3?oid=2505312enisa_euvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1100enisa_euvd
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-04/0029.htmlnvd
- http://bebugs.be.com/devbugs/detail.php3?oid=2505312nvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1100nvd
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