BeOS allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via malformed packets whose length field is less than the length of the headers.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2000-0279 is rated High Exploit Risk (66.8/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 4.19%). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +1.01% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.
Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.
| EDB-ID | Source | Kind | Published | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19841 | exploit_db | edb | 2000-04-07 | Exploit-DB ↗ |
EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).
| # | Date | Old EPSS score | New EPSS score | Delta (New - Old) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2025-03-17 | 3.17% | 4.19% | +1.01% |
| 2 | 2024-02-08 | 3.72% | 3.17% | -0.54% |
| 3 | 2023-03-07 | — | 3.72% | — |
Full EPSS history (4 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5.0 | 2.0 | MEDIUM |
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10.0 | 2.9 | [email protected] |