CVE-2005-0852 — Microsoft Windows XP SP1 allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) via an empty datagram to a raw IP over IP socket (IP protocol 4), as originally demonstrated using code in Python 2.3

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Microsoft Windows XP SP1 allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) via an empty datagram to a raw IP over IP socket (IP protocol 4), as originally demonstrated using code in Python 2.3

Published Mar 24, 2005

2.1

LOW

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 0.70%

Description

Microsoft Windows XP SP1 allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) via an empty datagram to a raw IP over IP socket (IP protocol 4), as originally demonstrated using code in Python 2.3.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

0.70% 0.00700

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.00700

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 (11 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	0.70% (0.00700)	51.41th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	0.70% (0.00700)	48.12th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.16% (0.00163)	34.72th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.04% (0.00043)	11.52th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Apr 17, 2024	0.04% (0.00045)	14.44th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Feb 8, 2024	0.04% (0.00045)	12.42th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.04% (0.00043)	7.57th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	1.76% (0.01761)	76.53th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 23, 2023	1.76% (0.01761)	76.48th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	1.76% (0.01761)	74.44th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	1.76% (0.01761)	53.69th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (0)

No CWE recorded.

References (2)

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/393956
mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12870
vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDExploit

Link	Providers	Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/393956		mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12870		vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDExploit

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Mar 24, 2005

Updated Sep 16, 2024

Reserved Mar 24, 2005

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CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

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Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

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