{"cve":"CVE-2005-3675","nvd":{"published":"2005-11-18T23:03:00.000","modified":"2026-06-16T22:17:24.847","status":"Modified","description":"The Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (bandwidth consumption) by sending ACK messages for packets that have not yet been received (optimistic ACKs), which can cause the sender to increase its transmission rate until it fills available bandwidth.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":[],"references":["http://www.cs.umd.edu/~capveg/optack/optack-extended.pdf","http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/102014","http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15468/","https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/23055","http://www.cs.umd.edu/~capveg/optack/optack-extended.pdf"],"products":["tcp:tcp"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T19:40:09.211843075+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2005-3675","score":0.02317,"percentile":0.8344,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}