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 large amounts of data, which generates more packets with less TCP-level data that amplify network traffic and consume more server CPU to process.
- EPSS
- 22% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 97% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Affected
- freebsd:freebsd
- hp:hp-ux
- hp:vvos
- linux:linux_kernel
- microsoft:windows_2000
- microsoft:windows_nt
- netbsd:netbsd
- openbsd:openbsd
- sun:sunos