ICMP Denial of Service Vulnerability in Windows TCP/IP Stack

CVE-2011-1871 · HIGH Severity

AV:N/AC:L/AU:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Tcpip.sys in the TCP/IP stack in Microsoft Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 SP2, R2, and R2 SP1, and Windows 7 Gold and SP1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (reboot) via a series of crafted ICMP messages, aka "ICMP Denial of Service Vulnerability."

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