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CVE-2005-0048

49
FAUCET Score

CVE-2005-0048 is a critical IP Validation Vulnerability affecting Microsoft Windows XP SP2 and earlier, Windows 2000 SP3/SP4, and Server 2003. This flaw allows remote attackers to trigger a denial of service and potentially execute arbitrary code by sending specially crafted IP packets with malformed options. With a CVSS score of 7.5, this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network without authentication, leading to potential compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed on the KEV catalog or showing active community discussion, multiple exploit codes are publicly available on ExploitDB, indicating a high potential for exploitation.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2000:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2000:*:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2000:*:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2000:*:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2000:*:sp4:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.5HIGH

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
38.60%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
98.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-942 · Apr 17, 2005
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.3860 is in the 97th percentile among its peer group of 51,551 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

docs.microsoft.com / en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2005/ms05-019
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1744
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A3824
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A4549
kb.cert.org / vuls/id/233754
PatchThird Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
us-cert.gov / cas/techalerts/TA05-102A.html
PatchUS Government Resource
xforce.iss.net / xforce/alerts/id/192
Vendor Advisory