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CVE-2005-1184

CVSS Score Not Available
63.72%
MEDIUM RiskEPSS (98th percentile)

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.

Published: 5/2/2005
Modified: 4/3/2025
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Vulnerability Summary

EPSS Score (Exploitation Probability)

63.72%MEDIUM Exploitation Risk
98th percentile

This vulnerability has a 63.72% probability of being exploited in the next 30 days, ranking higher than 98% of all scored CVEs.