CVE-2012-0194: IBM Aix

High severity, CVSS 7.1. EPSS: 2.9% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The TCP implementation in IBM AIX 5.3, 6.1, and 7.1, when the Large Send Offload option is enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and panic) via an unspecified series of packets.

Affected products

• IBM Aix: version 5.3 only; version 6.1 only; version 7.1 only

Published 2012-02-06. Last modified 2026-06-16.