CVE-2011-1965 is a denial-of-service vulnerability in the TCP/IP stack of Microsoft Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2. It stems from improper implementation of URL-based QoS, allowing a remote attacker to trigger a system reboot via a crafted URL sent to a web server. This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 7.1, indicating high severity. It is remotely exploitable with medium attack complexity, leading to a complete denial of service (system reboot) without requiring authentication. While not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, an ExploitDB entry (EDB-17981) exists, suggesting proof-of-concept code is publicly available. Despite this, there is no significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this decade-old vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_7:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_7:-:sp1:x64:*:*:*:*:* | ||
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_7:-:sp1:x86:*:*:*:*:* | ||
r2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:r2:*:itanium:*:*:*:*:* | ||
r2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:r2:*:x64:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub 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 records are not available for this CVE.