Vulnerability Report

CVE-2000-0504

Title: libICE SKIP_STRING large value causes denial of service

DoS

Proof Of Concept

PoC Available for CVE-2000-0504

CWE Category NVD-CWE-noinfo
Published Date Jun 19, 2000
Modified Date Jun 16, 2026
Exploit Status Available
Score 5.0 CVSS v2.0
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
3.28%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2000-0504: 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.

Impacted Vendors

X
xfree86_project 1
G
gnome 1
O
open_group 1
X
x.org 1

Reference Links

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-06/0170.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1369 http://www.xfree86.org/security/ http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-06/0170.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1369 http://www.xfree86.org/security/
CVSS v2.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity MEDIUM
5.0
Access Vector
N/A
Authentication
N/A
RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2000-0504 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

Exploit-DB https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/20023
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MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector N/A
Complexity N/A
Privileges N/A
Interaction NONE
CVSS Vector String AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.