CVE-2005-0048 Memory corruption in n/a

What is CVE-2005-0048?

CVE-2005-0048 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 2000, published on 13 Apr 2005. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official 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."

Which versions are affected by CVE-2005-0048?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Microsoft Windows 2000, Microsoft Windows Xp.

How do I fix CVE-2005-0048?

No fix has been published for CVE-2005-0048 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2005-0048 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2005-0048 exists.

Public exploit code: 3 Exploit-DB entries.

Other vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows 2000

• CVE-2008-4250 Microsoft Windows Buffer Overflow Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2010-0232 Microsoft Windows Kernel Exception Handler Exploited High 7.8
• CVE-2009-1123 Microsoft Windows Improper Input Validation Exploited High 7.8
• CVE-2002-0367 Microsoft Windows Privilege Escalation Exploited High 7.8
• CVE-2010-0269 Memory corruption in n/a Critical 10.0

All Microsoft Windows 2000 vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-4jwc-3585-gr33.