CVE-2005-0048
Microsoft Windows XP SP2 and earlier, 2000 SP3 and SP4, Server 2003, and older operating systems allows remote attackers to cause a denial…
- 7.5HighCVSS base score
- 38.6%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 1.4% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 3Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
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."
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list 3 Exploit-DB entries for it.
Show the exploits3
Exploit-DB3 entries
- Microsoft Windows - Malformed IP Options Denial of Service (MS05-019) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 942dos, windowspublished 17 Apr 2005Verified
- Microsoft Windows XP/2000 - Internet Protocol Validation Remote Code Execution (2) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 25384remote, windowspublished 16 Apr 2005Verified
- Microsoft Windows XP/2000 - Internet Protocol Validation Remote Code Execution (1) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 25383dos, windowspublished 12 Apr 2005Verified
Modules, templates and exploits as listed by the Metasploit Framework (BSD-3-Clause), ProjectDiscovery's Nuclei templates (MIT) and the Exploit Database (GPLv2), read once a day. Where the data comes from
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 3 months later
· 3 months later
Published
- 19 years later
· 19 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 38.6% · top 1.4% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
7
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:3824 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1744 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- VU#233754 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
- MS05-019 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MSx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:4549 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- 20050412 Windows IP Options Remote Compromise (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_ISSx_transferred
- TA05-102A (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2005-0049 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2005-0048)Record last updated .