CVE-2001-1055 EXPLOIT
5.0
MEDIUM · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 22.3% (pctl 98)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
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.
Scoring
| CVSS | 5.0 (MEDIUM, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
| EPSS | 22.26% — more likely to be exploited than 98% of all CVEs |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2001-07-30 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (2)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| microsoft | windows 98 |
| microsoft | windows 98se |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | Microsoft Windows 98 - ARP Denial of Service | 2001-07-30 |
References
→ the Explorer · watch your stack · NVD