CVEvulnerability

CVE-2000-0742

5.0 MEDIUM Published 2000-10-20 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗

Status: Modified
Published: 2000-10-20
Last modified: 2026-06-16
Assigner: [email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected]): 5.0 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Description

The IPX protocol implementation in Microsoft Windows 95 and 98 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service by sending a ping packet with a source IP address that is a broadcast address, aka the "Malformed IPX Ping Packet" vulnerability.

Affected configurations

• microsoft windows 95 • microsoft windows 98

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1544 Patch, Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/templates/archive.pike?list=1&mid=63120 Vendor Advisory
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2000/ms00-054 docs.microsoft.com
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5079 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1544 Patch, Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/templates/archive.pike?list=1&mid=63120 Vendor Advisory
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2000/ms00-054 docs.microsoft.com
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5079 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com