CVE-1999-0016

Exp

Land IP denial of service.

Published: 1997-12-01 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-1999-0016 is rated High Exploit Risk (70.7/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 80.99%, 99th percentile). 5 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +1.04% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-1999-0016

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
20814 exploit_db edb 1997-11-20 Exploit-DB ↗
20812 exploit_db edb 1997-11-20 Exploit-DB ↗
20813 exploit_db edb 1997-11-20 Exploit-DB ↗
20811 exploit_db edb 1997-11-20 Exploit-DB ↗
20810 exploit_db edb 1997-11-20 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-1999-0016

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 2026-04-02 79.94% 80.99% +1.04%
2 2026-02-13 78.78% 79.94% +1.16%
3 2026-01-07 — 78.78% —

Full EPSS history (17 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-1999-0016

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P 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:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-1999-0016

OS Trackers for CVE-1999-0016

vendor priority summary link
alpine — CVE-1999-0016: no source package rows; 0 state rows across 0 repos (none); fixed 0, open 0. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-1999-0016

Affected software / configurations for CVE-1999-0016

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
cisco ios 7000 cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios:7000:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnu inet 5.01 cpe:2.3:a:gnu:inet:5.01:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft winsock 2.0 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:winsock:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
hp hp-ux 9.00 cpe:2.3:o:hp:hp-ux:9.00:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
hp hp-ux 9.01 cpe:2.3:o:hp:hp-ux:9.01:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
hp hp-ux 9.03 cpe:2.3:o:hp:hp-ux:9.03:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
hp hp-ux 9.04 cpe:2.3:o:hp:hp-ux:9.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
hp hp-ux 9.05 cpe:2.3:o:hp:hp-ux:9.05:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
hp hp-ux 9.07 cpe:2.3:o:hp:hp-ux:9.07:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
hp hp-ux 10.00 cpe:2.3:o:hp:hp-ux:10.00:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
hp hp-ux 10.01 cpe:2.3:o:hp:hp-ux:10.01:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
hp hp-ux 10.10 cpe:2.3:o:hp:hp-ux:10.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
hp hp-ux 10.16 cpe:2.3:o:hp:hp-ux:10.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
hp hp-ux 10.20 cpe:2.3:o:hp:hp-ux:10.20:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
hp hp-ux 10.24 cpe:2.3:o:hp:hp-ux:10.24:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
hp hp-ux 10.30 cpe:2.3:o:hp:hp-ux:10.30:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
hp hp-ux 11.00 cpe:2.3:o:hp:hp-ux:11.00:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft windows_95 — cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_95:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft windows_nt 4.0 cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_nt:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netbsd netbsd 1.0 cpe:2.3:o:netbsd:netbsd:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netbsd netbsd 1.1 cpe:2.3:o:netbsd:netbsd:1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun sunos 4.1.3u1 cpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos:4.1.3u1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun sunos 4.1.4 cpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos:4.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-1999-0016

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