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CVE-2000-1184

telnetd in FreeBSD 4.2 and earlier, and possibly other operating systems, allows remote attackers...

5.0 Medium

CVE-2000-1184 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.0) in Freebsd, published January 9, 2001. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.66%, the 77th percentile. No source names a fixed version.

What does this mean?
Severity
5.0 MediumCVSS 2.0, NVD
Exploit chance
1.66%EPSS, 77th percentile
Exploitation
None knownNot on CISA’s or ENISA’s lists
Fixed in
No fix listedNo source names one

Description

telnetd in FreeBSD 4.2 and earlier, and possibly other operating systems, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service by specifying an arbitrary large file in the TERMCAP environmental variable, which consumes resources as the server processes the file.

Exploit likelihood

1.66%Up 0.5 points since Feb 4, 2022
90%50%10%1%

Affected products

What each source reports

NVD Score used5.0

telnetd in FreeBSD 4.2 and earlier, and possibly other operating systems, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service by specifying an arbitrary large file in the TERMCAP environmental variable, which consumes resources as the server processes the file.

Record
CVE-2000-1184
CVSS 2.0
5.0 MediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE ListNo score

telnetd in FreeBSD 4.2 and earlier, and possibly other operating systems, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service by specifying an arbitrary large file in the TERMCAP environmental variable, which consumes resources as the server processes the file.

Record
CVE-2000-1184
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2000-1169No score

telnetd in FreeBSD 4.2 and earlier, and possibly other operating systems, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service by specifying an arbitrary large file in the TERMCAP environmental variable, which consumes resources as the server processes the file.

Record
EUVD-2000-1169
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-xx57-frcf-rw2hNo score

telnetd in FreeBSD 4.2 and earlier, and possibly other operating systems, allows remote attackers...

telnetd in FreeBSD 4.2 and earlier, and possibly other operating systems, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service by specifying an arbitrary large file in the TERMCAP environmental variable, which consumes resources as the server processes the file.

Record
GHSA-xx57-frcf-rw2h
Updated
2026-11-02

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
facts
aliasesEUVD
first indexedCVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD

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