CVE-2000-0914

OpenBSD <= 2.6 - Denial of Service via ARP Request Flood

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2000-0914. PoCs published by skyper.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This exploit triggers a denial-of-service (DoS) condition in OpenBSD 2.6 by flooding the target with spoofed packets, causing excessive ARP requests that exhaust kernel memory and result in a panic. It supports both local and remote attacks by leveraging TCP/UDP/ICMP packets to overflow the ARP table.

Description

OpenBSD 2.6 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service by flooding the server with ARP requests.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED
by skyper · cdosopenbsd
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/20271

This exploit triggers a denial-of-service (DoS) condition in OpenBSD 2.6 by flooding the target with spoofed packets, causing excessive ARP requests that exhaust kernel memory and result in a panic. It supports both local and remote attacks by leveraging TCP/UDP/ICMP packets to overflow the ARP table.

Classification
Working Poc 95%
Attack Type
Dos
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Reliable
Target: OpenBSD 2.6
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Network access to the target · Target must be running OpenBSD 2.6 · Attacker must know the target's network range
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (4)

Core 4
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_osvdb
http://www.osvdb.org/1592
Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-10/0078.html
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5340
Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1759

Scores

EPSS 0.0296
EPSS Percentile 85.4%

Details

Status published
Products (7)
openbsd/openbsd 2.0
openbsd/openbsd 2.1
openbsd/openbsd 2.2
openbsd/openbsd 2.3
openbsd/openbsd 2.4
openbsd/openbsd 2.5
openbsd/openbsd 2.6
Published Dec 19, 2000
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026