CVE-2002-0574
Memory leak in FreeBSD 4.5 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service ...
Memory leak in FreeBSD 4.5 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory exhaustion) via ICMP echo packets that trigger a bug in ip_output() in which the reference count for a routing table entry is not decremented, which prevents the entry from being removed.
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
Memory leak in FreeBSD 4.5 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory exhaustion) via ICMP echo packets that trigger a bug in ip_output() in which the reference count for a routing table entry is not decremented, which prevents the entry from being removed.
- Record
CVE-2002-0574- CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-401
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Memory leak in FreeBSD 4.5 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory exhaustion) via ICMP echo packets that trigger a bug in ip_output() in which the reference count for a routing table entry is not decremented, which prevents the entry from being removed.
- Record
CVE-2002-0574- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2002-0569 No score
Memory leak in FreeBSD 4.5 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory exhaustion) via ICMP echo packets that trigger a bug in ip_output() in which the reference count for a routing table entry is not decremented, which prevents the entry from being removed.
- Record
EUVD-2002-0569- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-9mf7-mqw7-vh9v No score
Memory leak in FreeBSD 4.5 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service ...
Memory leak in FreeBSD 4.5 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory exhaustion) via ICMP echo packets that trigger a bug in ip_output() in which the reference count for a routing table entry is not decremented, which prevents the entry from being removed.
- Record
GHSA-9mf7-mqw7-vh9v- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2002-0574 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.0) in Freebsd, published July 3, 2002. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.96%, the 80th percentile. No source names a fixed version.