CVE-2005-0852 Denial of service in n/a
Local attackers can crash Windows XP systems by sending empty raw IP datagrams, requiring a security patch.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2005-0852?
CVE-2005-0852 is a low-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 24 Mar 2005. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Microsoft Windows XP SP1 allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) via an empty datagram to a raw IP over IP socket (IP protocol 4), as originally demonstrated using code in Python 2.3.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2005-0852?
How do I fix CVE-2005-0852?
No fix has been published for CVE-2005-0852 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2005-0852 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2005-0852 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-j246-jq6f-xjqx.