CVE-1999-0008

Buffer overflow in NIS+, in Sun's rpc.nisd program.

Published: 1998-06-08 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-1999-0008 is rated High Risk (71.2/100): CVSS Critical severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 3.90%). High exploitation likelihood—assess exposure and prioritize remediation.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-1999-0008

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-21 3.79% 3.90% +0.11%
2 2026-06-15 3.94% 3.79% -0.15%
3 2026-04-12 — 3.94% —

Full EPSS history (12 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-1999-0008

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
10.0 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
 10.0 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-1999-0008

OS Trackers for CVE-1999-0008

vendor priority summary link
alpine — CVE-1999-0008: no source package rows; 0 state rows across 0 repos (none); fixed 0, open 0. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-1999-0008

Affected software / configurations for CVE-1999-0008

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
hp hp-ux 10.34 cpe:2.3:o:hp:hp-ux:10.34:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
hp hp-ux 11.00 cpe:2.3:o:hp:hp-ux:11.00:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun solaris 2.6 cpe:2.3:o:sun:solaris:2.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun sunos 5.3 cpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos:5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun sunos 5.4 cpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos:5.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun sunos 5.5 cpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos:5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun sunos 5.5.1 cpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos:5.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-1999-0008

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