CVE-2001-1055

Public Exploit

Description

The Microsoft Windows network stack allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a flood of malformed ARP request packets with random source IP and MAC addresses, as demonstrated by ARPNuke.

5.0

CVSS

Severity: Medium

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 15.04% Top 10%

Vendor Advisory securityfocus.com Vendor Advisory securityfocus.com

Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/200323	mailing list vendor advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6924	vdb entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3113	exploit vdb entry vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2001-1055?: CVE-2001-1055 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2001-1055?: To fix CVE-2001-1055, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2001-1055 being actively exploited in the wild?: It is possible that CVE-2001-1055 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~15% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.

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