CVE-2005-1184

Exp

The TCP/IP stack in multiple operating systems allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a TCP packet with the correct sequence number but the wrong Acknowledgement number, which generates a large number of "keep alive" packets. NOTE: some followups indicate that this issue could not be replicated.

Published: 2005-05-02 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2005-1184 is rated High Exploit Risk (73.7/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 37.00%, 98th percentile). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +4.25% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2005-1184

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
25439 exploit_db edb 2004-12-13 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2005-1184

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-20 32.75% 37.00% +4.25%
2 2026-06-15 63.72% 32.75% -30.98%
3 2025-12-28 — 63.72% —

Full EPSS history (18 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2005-1184

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2005-1184

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2005-1184

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
microsoft windows_2000 — cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2000:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft windows_2000 — cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2000:*:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft windows_2000 — cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2000:*:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft windows_2000 — cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2000:*:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft windows_2000 — cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2000:*:sp4:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft windows_2003_server datacenter_64-bit cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2003_server:datacenter_64-bit:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft windows_2003_server enterprise cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2003_server:enterprise:*:64-bit:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft windows_2003_server enterprise cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2003_server:enterprise:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft windows_2003_server enterprise_64-bit cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2003_server:enterprise_64-bit:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft windows_2003_server enterprise_64-bit cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2003_server:enterprise_64-bit:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft windows_2003_server r2 cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2003_server:r2:*:64-bit:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft windows_2003_server r2 cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2003_server:r2:*:datacenter_64-bit:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft windows_2003_server r2 cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2003_server:r2:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft windows_2003_server standard cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2003_server:standard:*:64-bit:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft windows_2003_server standard cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2003_server:standard:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft windows_2003_server standard_64-bit cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2003_server:standard_64-bit:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft windows_2003_server web cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2003_server:web:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft windows_2003_server web cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2003_server:web:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft windows_98se — cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_98se:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft windows_nt 4.0 cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_nt:4.0:*:enterprise_server:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft windows_nt 4.0 cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_nt:4.0:*:server:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft windows_nt 4.0 cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_nt:4.0:*:terminal_server:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft windows_nt 4.0 cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_nt:4.0:*:workstation:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft windows_nt 4.0 cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_nt:4.0:sp1:enterprise_server:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft windows_nt 4.0 cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_nt:4.0:sp1:server:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft windows_nt 4.0 cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_nt:4.0:sp1:terminal_server:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft windows_nt 4.0 cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_nt:4.0:sp1:workstation:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft windows_nt 4.0 cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_nt:4.0:sp2:enterprise_server:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft windows_nt 4.0 cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_nt:4.0:sp2:server:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft windows_nt 4.0 cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_nt:4.0:sp2:terminal_server:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft windows_nt 4.0 cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_nt:4.0:sp2:workstation:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft windows_nt 4.0 cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_nt:4.0:sp3:enterprise_server:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft windows_nt 4.0 cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_nt:4.0:sp3:server:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft windows_nt 4.0 cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_nt:4.0:sp3:terminal_server:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft windows_nt 4.0 cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_nt:4.0:sp3:workstation:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft windows_nt 4.0 cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_nt:4.0:sp4:enterprise_server:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft windows_nt 4.0 cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_nt:4.0:sp4:server:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft windows_nt 4.0 cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_nt:4.0:sp4:terminal_server:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft windows_nt 4.0 cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_nt:4.0:sp4:workstation:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft windows_nt 4.0 cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_nt:4.0:sp5:enterprise_server:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft windows_nt 4.0 cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_nt:4.0:sp5:server:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft windows_nt 4.0 cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_nt:4.0:sp5:terminal_server:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft windows_nt 4.0 cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_nt:4.0:sp5:workstation:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft windows_nt 4.0 cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_nt:4.0:sp6:enterprise_server:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft windows_nt 4.0 cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_nt:4.0:sp6:server:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft windows_nt 4.0 cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_nt:4.0:sp6:terminal_server:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft windows_nt 4.0 cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_nt:4.0:sp6:workstation:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft windows_nt 4.0 cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_nt:4.0:sp6a:enterprise_server:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft windows_nt 4.0 cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_nt:4.0:sp6a:server:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft windows_nt 4.0 cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_nt:4.0:sp6a:terminal_server:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft windows_nt 4.0 cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_nt:4.0:sp6a:workstation:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft windows_xp — cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp:*:*:home:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft windows_xp — cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp:*:gold:professional:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft windows_xp — cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp:*:sp1:home:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft windows_xp — cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp:*:sp2:home:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2005-1184

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