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CVE-2004-0744
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…
Medium5.0EPSS 1.6%
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- mitre
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.6% · top 24% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (5)
- macos-tcp-ip-dos(16946) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- APPLE-SA-2004-09-09 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_transferred
- 20040331 IPv4 fragmentation --> The Rose Attack (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 20040427 Source Code To Test IPv4 fragmentation --> The Rose Attack (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- http://digital.net/~gandalf/Rose_Frag_Attack_Explained.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
Sources
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- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
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- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
Record last updated .