TI-2001-01010 Aliases CVE-2001-1055 GHSA-3xpc-4hfv-fv7x

The Microsoft Windows network stack allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service…

MEDIUM 43Published 2004-09-01 · Updated 2024-08-08

Key facts

Attack vector: Network
Privileges required: None
User interaction: — Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity: Low
Impact type: —
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: None · None · Partial
Fix status: No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

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.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.2226 97th percentileScored 2026-11-07

Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
—	—	all versions	—	No fix listed	CNA

— Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 2

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_98::gold::::::*	all versions	Vulnerable	Microsoft
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_98se::::::::	all versions	Vulnerable	Microsoft

cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_98:*:gold:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions all versions Vulnerable ·Microsoft
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_98se:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions all versions Vulnerable ·Microsoft

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2001-1055
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-3xpc-4hfv-fv7x

References

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TI-2005-00046 Buffer overflow in the Message Queuing component of Microsoft Windows 2000 and Windows XP… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
TI-2003-00502 Stack-based buffer overflow in certain Active Directory service functions in LSASRV.DLL… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.5
TI-2005-01146 Integer overflow in Microsoft Windows 98, 2000, XP SP2 and earlier, and Server 2003 SP1… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
TI-2004-00185 Buffer overflow in Microsoft Internet Explorer and Explorer on Windows XP SP1, WIndows… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
TI-2003-00663 Buffer overflow in the Private Communications Transport (PCT) protocol implementation in… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.5
TI-2004-00172 Heap-based buffer overflow in the HtmlHelp program (hh.exe) in HTML Help for Microsoft… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0

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Sources

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