CVE-2000-0504

Exp

libICE in XFree86 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service by specifying a large value which is not properly checked by the SKIP_STRING macro.

Published: 2000-06-19 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2000-0504 is rated High Exploit Risk (66.3/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 3.28%). Core evidence: 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). 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.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2000-0504

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
20023 exploit_db edb 2000-06-19 Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2000-0504

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 2026-06-15 2.33% 3.28% +0.95%
2 2025-12-12 1.73% 2.33% +0.60%
3 2025-03-30 1.73%

Full EPSS history (9 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2000-0504

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2000-0504

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2000-0504

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
gnome gdm 1.0 cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gdm:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnome gdm 1.1 cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gdm:1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
open_group x 11.0r5 cpe:2.3:a:open_group:x:11.0r5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
open_group x 11.0r6 cpe:2.3:a:open_group:x:11.0r6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
open_group x 11.0r6.1 cpe:2.3:a:open_group:x:11.0r6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
open_group x 11.0r6.2 cpe:2.3:a:open_group:x:11.0r6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
open_group x 11.0r6.3 cpe:2.3:a:open_group:x:11.0r6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
open_group x 11.0r6.4 cpe:2.3:a:open_group:x:11.0r6.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
xfree86_project x11r6 3.3.3 cpe:2.3:a:xfree86_project:x11r6:3.3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
xfree86_project x11r6 3.3.4 cpe:2.3:a:xfree86_project:x11r6:3.3.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
xfree86_project x11r6 3.3.5 cpe:2.3:a:xfree86_project:x11r6:3.3.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
xfree86_project x11r6 3.3.6 cpe:2.3:a:xfree86_project:x11r6:3.3.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
xfree86_project x11r6 4.0 cpe:2.3:a:xfree86_project:x11r6:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2000-0504

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