Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Jul 30, 2001· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2001-1055
CVE-2001-1055
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.
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Affected products
3cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_98:*:gold:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_98:*:gold:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_98se:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Patches
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References
3- www.securityfocus.com/bid/3113nvdExploitVendor Advisory
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/200323nvdVendor Advisory
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6924nvd
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