The TCP/IP Networking component in Mac OS X before 10.3.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory and resource consumption) via a "Rose Attack" that involves sending a subset of small IP fragments that do not form a complete, larger packet
Published Aug 12, 2004
5.0
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 1.60%
Description
The TCP/IP Networking component in Mac OS X before 10.3.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory and resource consumption) via a "Rose Attack" that involves sending a subset of small IP fragments that do not form a complete, larger packet.
Affected products
No data.
- 10.2
- 10.2.1
- 10.2.2
- 10.2.3
- 10.2.4
- 10.2.5
- 10.2.6
- 10.2.7
- 10.2.8
- 10.3
- 10.3.1
- 10.3.2
- 10.3.3
- 10.3.4
- 10.2
- 10.2.1
- 10.2.2
- 10.2.3
- 10.2.4
- 10.2.5
- 10.2.6
- 10.2.7
- 10.2.8
- 10.3
- 10.3.1
- 10.3.2
- 10.3.3
- 10.3.4
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (10 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 1.60% (0.01602) | 74.94th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 1.60% (0.01602) | 72.59th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.91% (0.00911) | 74.22th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 1.44% (0.01444) | 87.18th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 20, 2023 | 1.44% (0.01444) | 84.84th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 1.83% (0.01834) | 86.38th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.21% (0.01213) | 66.61th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 17, 2023 | 1.21% (0.01213) | 66.22th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.21% (0.01213) | 64.21th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.21% (0.01213) | 40.54th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
No CWE recorded.
References (5)
- http://digital.net/~gandalf/Rose_Frag_Attack_Explained.txt x_refsource_MISC
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=108075899619193&w=2 mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=108308604119618&w=2 mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.auscert.org.au/render.html?it=4291 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLE
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16946 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://digital.net/~gandalf/Rose_Frag_Attack_Explained.txt | x_refsource_MISC | |
| http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=108075899619193&w=2 | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ | |
| http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=108308604119618&w=2 | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ | |
| http://www.auscert.org.au/render.html?it=4291 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLE | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16946 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF |
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