What is CVE-1999-1201?

CVE-1999-1201 is a vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 95. Published 1999-02-06.

Is CVE-1999-1201 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 95

CVE-1999-1201

Windows 95 and Windows 98 systems, when configured with multiple TCP/IP stacks bound to the same MAC address, allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (traffic amplification) via a certain ICMP echo (ping) packet, which causes all stacks to send a ping response, aka TCP Chorusing.

EPSS: 0.139 (96.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

Microsoft Windows_95
Microsoft Windows_98
N/a — versions n/a

Public proof-of-concept exploits

ARPSyndicate/cve-scores

References

cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_NTBUGTRAQ)
cve@mitre.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
cve@mitre.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-1999-1201?: CVE-1999-1201 is a vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 95. Published 1999-02-06.
Is CVE-1999-1201 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.