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CVE-2001-1055 Details

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6924 CVE
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/200323 CVEVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3113 CVEExploitVendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6924 [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/200323 [email protected]Vendor Advisory

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
NVD-CWE-OtherWeakness Not in a Standard CWE Category[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
microsoft windows 98
All versions

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_98:*:gold:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
microsoft windows 98se
All versions

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_98se:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

6 change records found show changes

QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2001-1055
NVD Published Date:
Jul 30, 2001
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 16, 2026
Source:
[email protected]