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CVE Number Vulnerability Product Severity Date
MS13-018 Vulnerability in TCP/IP Could Allow Denial of Service (2790655) Windows Vista Important 13-02-2013

Technical Information

Brief overview of the risk:
The vulnerability could allow denial of service if an unauthenticated attacker sends a specially crafted connection termination packet to the server.
Detailed Information on the risk:

A denial of service vulnerability exists in the Windows TCP/IP stack that could cause the target system to stop responding and automatically restart. The vulnerability is caused when the TCP/IP stack improperly handles a connection termination sequence.


Further information on this exploit is available at : MS13-018

Affected Software

Windows Vista Service Pack 2
Windows Vista x64 Edition Service Pack 2
Windows Server 2008 for 32-bit Systems Service Pack 2
Windows Server 2008 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 2
Windows Server 2008 for Itanium-based Systems Service Pack 2
Windows 7 for 32-bit Systems
Windows 7 for 32-bit Systems Service Pack 1
Windows 7 for x64-based Systems
Windows 7 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 1
Windows Server 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems
Windows Server 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 1
Windows Server 2008 R2 for Itanium-based Systems
Windows Server 2008 R2 for Itanium-based Systems Service Pack 1
Windows 8 for 32-bit Systems
Windows 8 for 64-bit Systems
Windows Server 2012
Windows RT