CVE-2000-0461

Low CVSS 2.1

Published 2000-05-29 · last changed 2026-06-16

The fix

We hold no Microsoft remediation data for CVE-2000-0461, which normally means it is not a Windows CVE. For non-Microsoft software the fix is the vendor's own updated release, and the affected versions are listed below.

What it is

The undocumented semconfig system call in BSD freezes the state of semaphores, which allows local users to cause a denial of service of the semaphore system by using the semconfig call.

Sources

NVD record for CVE-2000-0461

CVSS vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P