CVE-1999-0060

Exp

Attackers can cause a denial of service in Ascend MAX and Pipeline routers with a malformed packet to the discard port, which is used by the Java Configurator tool.

Published: 1998-03-16 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-1999-0060 is rated High Exploit Risk (65.8/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 8.69%, 94th percentile). 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). 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-1999-0060

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
19555 exploit_db edb 1998-03-17 Exploit-DB ↗
19554 exploit_db edb 1998-03-16 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-1999-0060

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 10.96% 8.69% -2.27%
2 2026-04-20 8.38% 10.96% +2.58%
3 2026-04-17 — 8.38% —

Full EPSS history (11 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-1999-0060

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-1999-0060

OS Trackers for CVE-1999-0060

vendor priority summary link
alpine — CVE-1999-0060: no source package rows; 0 state rows across 0 repos (none); fixed 0, open 0. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-1999-0060

Affected software / configurations for CVE-1999-0060

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
lucent ascend_max_router 1.0 cpe:2.3:h:lucent:ascend_max_router:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
lucent ascend_max_router 2.0 cpe:2.3:h:lucent:ascend_max_router:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
lucent ascend_max_router 3.0 cpe:2.3:h:lucent:ascend_max_router:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
lucent ascend_max_router 4.0 cpe:2.3:h:lucent:ascend_max_router:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
lucent ascend_max_router 5.0 cpe:2.3:h:lucent:ascend_max_router:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
lucent ascend_pipeline_router 1.0 cpe:2.3:h:lucent:ascend_pipeline_router:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
lucent ascend_pipeline_router 2.0 cpe:2.3:h:lucent:ascend_pipeline_router:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
lucent ascend_pipeline_router 3.0 cpe:2.3:h:lucent:ascend_pipeline_router:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
lucent ascend_pipeline_router 4.0 cpe:2.3:h:lucent:ascend_pipeline_router:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
lucent ascend_pipeline_router 5.0 cpe:2.3:h:lucent:ascend_pipeline_router:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
lucent ascend_pipeline_router 6.0 cpe:2.3:h:lucent:ascend_pipeline_router:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
lucent ascend_tnt_router 1.0 cpe:2.3:h:lucent:ascend_tnt_router:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
lucent ascend_tnt_router 2.0 cpe:2.3:h:lucent:ascend_tnt_router:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-1999-0060

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