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CVE-2000-0501
Race condition in MDaemon 2.8.5.0 POP server allows local users to cause a denial of service by entering a UIDL command and quickly…
Low2.6EPSS 4.1%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- mitre
Description
Race condition in MDaemon 2.8.5.0 POP server allows local users to cause a denial of service by entering a UIDL command and quickly exiting the server.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 3 months later
· 3 months later
Published
- 24 years later
· 24 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Low2.6 | AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 4.1% · top 9.1% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 2.6.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (3)
- mdaemon-pass-dos(4745) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 1366 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 20000616 mdaemon 2.8.5.0 WinNT and Win9x remote DoS (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_NTBUGTRAQx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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