CVE-1999-0041

Exp

Buffer overflow in NLS (Natural Language Service).

Published: 1997-02-13 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-1999-0041 is rated High Exploit Risk (80.7/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 9.09%, 95th percentile). 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +2.59% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-1999-0041

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
19552 exploit_db edb 1997-02-13 Exploit-DB ↗
19551 exploit_db edb 1997-02-13 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-1999-0041

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 2026-06-15 6.49% 9.09% +2.59%
2 2026-04-02 7.17% 6.49% -0.68%
3 2025-03-17 — 7.17% —

Full EPSS history (6 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-1999-0041

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/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:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 10.0 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-1999-0041

OS Trackers for CVE-1999-0041

vendor priority summary link
alpine — CVE-1999-0041: no source package rows; 0 state rows across 0 repos (none); fixed 0, open 0. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-1999-0041

Affected software / configurations for CVE-1999-0041

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
gnu libc 5.0.9 cpe:2.3:a:gnu:libc:5.0.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnu libc 5.2.18 cpe:2.3:a:gnu:libc:5.2.18:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnu libc 5.3.12 cpe:2.3:a:gnu:libc:5.3.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cray unicos 1.5 cpe:2.3:o:cray:unicos:1.5:*:mk:*:*:*:*:*
cray unicos 9.0 cpe:2.3:o:cray:unicos:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cray unicos 9.2 cpe:2.3:o:cray:unicos:9.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cray unicos_max 1.3 cpe:2.3:o:cray:unicos_max:1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ibm aix 3.2.5 cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:3.2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ibm aix 4.1 cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ibm aix 4.2 cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat linux 4.0 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
slackware slackware_linux 3.1 cpe:2.3:o:slackware:slackware_linux:3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-1999-0041

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