CVE-1999-0107

Exp

Buffer overflow in Apache 1.2.5 and earlier allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service with a large number of GET requests containing a large number of / characters.

Published: 1997-12-30 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-1999-0107 is rated High Exploit Risk (64/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 35.65%, 97th percentile). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-1999-0107

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
20558 exploit_db edb 1997-12-30 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-1999-0107

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 2026-05-27 51.64% 35.65% -16.00%
2 2026-05-26 35.65% 51.64% +16.00%
3 2026-01-20 — 35.65% —

Full EPSS history (22 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-1999-0107

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-1999-0107

OS Trackers for CVE-1999-0107

vendor priority summary link
alpine — CVE-1999-0107: no source package rows; 0 state rows across 0 repos (none); fixed 0, open 0. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-1999-0107

Affected software / configurations for CVE-1999-0107

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
apache http_server 0.8.11 cpe:2.3:a:apache:http_server:0.8.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache http_server 0.8.14 cpe:2.3:a:apache:http_server:0.8.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache http_server 1.0 cpe:2.3:a:apache:http_server:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache http_server 1.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:apache:http_server:1.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache http_server 1.0.3 cpe:2.3:a:apache:http_server:1.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache http_server 1.0.5 cpe:2.3:a:apache:http_server:1.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache http_server 1.1 cpe:2.3:a:apache:http_server:1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache http_server 1.1.1 cpe:2.3:a:apache:http_server:1.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache http_server 1.2.5 cpe:2.3:a:apache:http_server:1.2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-1999-0107

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