CVE-2000-0742: Microsoft Windows 95

Medium severity, CVSS 5.0. EPSS: 18.8% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The IPX protocol implementation in Microsoft Windows 95 and 98 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service by sending a ping packet with a source IP address that is a broadcast address, aka the "Malformed IPX Ping Packet" vulnerability.

Affected products

• Microsoft Windows 95: any version
• Microsoft Windows 98: any version

Published 2000-10-20. Last modified 2026-06-16.