# CVE-2002-0574

## Summary

- **CVE ID:** CVE-2002-0574
- **Severity:** UNKNOWN
- **CVSS Score:** 0.04
- **CWE:** N/A
- **Published:** Apr 2, 2003
- **Last Modified:** Mar 16, 2026

## Description

Memory leak in FreeBSD 4.5 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory exhaustion) via ICMP echo packets that trigger a bug in ip_output() in which the reference count for a routing table entry is not decremented, which prevents the entry from being removed.

## Affected Products

- n/a — n/a (n/a)

## References

- [CNA](http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/8893.php)
- [CNA](http://www.osvdb.org/5232)
- [CNA](http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4539)
- [CNA](ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-02:21.tcpip.asc)

## Exploitation Prediction (EPSS)

- **EPSS Score:** 1.10%
- **EPSS Percentile:** 77.7

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_Exported from OnDuty AI Vulnerability Intelligence on 2026-09-18._