NT Versions Affected:

3.51, 4.0


Problem:

Large packet pings (PING -l 65527 -s 1 hostname) otherwise known as 'Ping of Death' can cause a blue screen of death on 3.51 systems:

STOP: 0X0000001E
KMODE_EXCEPTION_NOT_HANDLED - TCPIP.SYS

-OR-

STOP: 0x0000000A
IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL - TCPIP.SYS

NT 4.0 is vunerable sending large packets, but does not crash on receiving large packets.


Verification:

http://www.microsoft.com/kb/articles/q132/4/70.htm