Is CVE-2005-1184 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2005-1184 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2005-1184?

CVE-2005-1184 has a CVSS v2 base score of 5.0 (MEDIUM).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2005-1184?

CVE-2005-1184 has an EPSS score of 37.00% (98th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2005-1184

MEDIUMEPSS 98th pctl

5.0

CVSS v2

NVD

Description

The TCP/IP stack in multiple operating systems allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a TCP packet with the correct sequence number but the wrong Acknowledgement number, which generates a large number of "keep alive" packets. NOTE: some followups indicate that this issue could not be replicated.

CVSS v2 Vector

No CVSS vector data available.

Exploit Intelligence

37.00%probability of exploitation in 30 days

98thpercentile

Very high risk: more likely to be exploited than 98% of all known CVEs.

References

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2026-04-16.