VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2001-1055
CVSS score5 MEDIUM
EPSS probability22.26%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2001-07-30
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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.
Primary references
- cve@mitre.org — Vendor Advisory
- cve@mitre.org — Exploit, Vendor Advisory
- cve@mitre.org
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Vendor Advisory
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Exploit, Vendor Advisory
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108