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CVE-2000-0041 — MEDIUM severity vulnerability (Macintosh systems generate large ICMP datagrams in response)

Macintosh systems generate large ICMP datagrams in response to malformed datagrams, allowing them to be used as amplifiers in a flood attack.

CVE IDCVE-2000-0041
SeverityMEDIUM
CVSS score5.0
CVSS vectorAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
CWENVD-CWE-Other
StatusModified
Published1999-12-28
Last modified2026-04-16
DescriptionMacintosh systems generate large ICMP datagrams in response to malformed datagrams, allowing them to be used as amplifiers in a flood attack.
SourceNIST National Vulnerability Database

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