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CVE-2005-0048

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 38.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2005-04-13 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Microsoft Windows XP SP2 and earlier, 2000 SP3 and SP4, Server 2003, and older operating systems allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted IP packets with malformed options, aka the "IP Validation Vulnerability."

Affected products

• Microsoft Windows 2000: all versions
• Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 3: all versions

References

• http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/233754
• http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA05-102A.html
• http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/alerts/id/192
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2005/ms05-019
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1744
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A3824
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A4549
• http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/233754
• http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA05-102A.html
• http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/alerts/id/192
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2005/ms05-019
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1744

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