CVE-2005-1184

Multiple OS - DoS

Title source: llm

Description

The TCP/IP stack in multiple operating systems allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a TCP packet with the correct sequence number but the wrong Acknowledgement number, which generates a large number of "keep alive" packets. NOTE: some followups indicate that this issue could not be replicated.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED
by Antonio M. D. S. Fortes · cdosmultiple
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/25439

Scores

EPSS 0.6372
EPSS Percentile 98.4%

Details

Status published
Products (10)
microsoft/windows_2000 (5 CPE variants)
microsoft/windows_2003_server datacenter_64-bit sp1
microsoft/windows_2003_server enterprise (2 CPE variants)
microsoft/windows_2003_server enterprise_64-bit (2 CPE variants)
microsoft/windows_2003_server r2 (3 CPE variants)
microsoft/windows_2003_server standard (2 CPE variants)
microsoft/windows_2003_server standard_64-bit
microsoft/windows_2003_server web (2 CPE variants)
microsoft/windows_98se
microsoft/windows_nt 4.0 (31 CPE variants)
Published May 02, 2005
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026