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CVE-2001-1055

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 22.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2001-07-30 · updated 2026-06-16

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.

Affected products

• Microsoft Windows 98: all versions
• Microsoft Windows 98Se: all versions

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/200323
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3113
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6924
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/200323
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3113
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6924

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