---
type: "term"
title: "Ping of Death"
description: "A denial of service attack that sends malformed or oversized ICMP packets to crash or destabilize a target system."
resource: "tlctc:term:ping-of-death"
tags:
  - "glossary"
---
# Ping of Death

A denial-of-service attack that sends malformed or oversized ICMP packets to crash or destabilize a target system. In TLCTC: if the crash results from an implementation flaw (buffer overflow in ICMP handling), maps to `#2 Exploiting Server` or `#3 Exploiting Client` per R-ROLE and R-FLOOD. If the primary mechanism is volume-based, maps to `#6 Flooding Attack`.

**Reference:** V1.9.1 Buzz-Word Refinement (#2)

See also: Flooding Attack (#6), Implementation Defect (Availability Context)