01 Record
CVE-2001-1244
Multiple TCP implementations could allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (bandwidth and CPU exhaustion) by setting the maximum segment size (MSS) to a very small number and requesting
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
Multiple TCP implementations could allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (bandwidth and CPU exhaustion) by setting the maximum segment size (MSS) to a very small number and requesting
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 21.96% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 97.4% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2002-05-03 04:00Z24 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-08 04:51Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2002-05-01
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- No CWE assigned
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 81d9b3584d0ee7550ff0d7c953d3f1331a0be83482ef4089ac43a0e0124df202
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- www.securityfocus.com20010708 Small TCP packets == very large overhead == DoS?http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/195457
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comtcp-mss-dos(6824)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6824
- www.securityfocus.com2997http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2997