CVE-1999-0128

Exp

Oversized ICMP ping packets can result in a denial of service, aka Ping o' Death.

Published: 1996-12-18 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-1999-0128 is rated High Exploit Risk (68.9/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 15.80%, 94th 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-1999-0128

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
324 exploit_db edb 1996-10-21 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-1999-0128

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 2025-03-30 14.85% 15.80% +0.95%
2 2025-03-29 15.80% 14.85% -0.95%
3 2025-03-28 — 15.80% —

Full EPSS history (9 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-1999-0128

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-1999-0128

OS Trackers for CVE-1999-0128

vendor priority summary link
alpine — CVE-1999-0128: no source package rows; 0 state rows across 0 repos (none); fixed 0, open 0. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-1999-0128

Affected software / configurations for CVE-1999-0128

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
digital osf_1 1.3.3 cpe:2.3:o:digital:osf_1:1.3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ibm aix 3.2 cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ibm aix 4.1 cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ibm aix 4.2 cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
linux linux_kernel 1.3.0 cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:1.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
linux linux_kernel 2.0 cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sco internet_faststart 1.0 cpe:2.3:o:sco:internet_faststart:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sco internet_faststart 1.1 cpe:2.3:o:sco:internet_faststart:1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sco open_desktop 3.0 cpe:2.3:o:sco:open_desktop:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sco openserver 5.0 cpe:2.3:o:sco:openserver:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sco openserver 5.0.2 cpe:2.3:o:sco:openserver:5.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sco tcp_ip 1.2.1 cpe:2.3:o:sco:tcp_ip:1.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun sunos 5.4 cpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos:5.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun sunos 5.4 cpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos:5.4:*:x86:*:*:*:*:*
sun sunos 5.5 cpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos:5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun sunos 5.5 cpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos:5.5:*:x86:*:*:*:*:*
sun sunos 5.5.1 cpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos:5.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun sunos 5.5.1 cpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos:5.5.1:*:x86:*:*:*:*:*
ibm sng — cpe:2.3:h:ibm:sng:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ibm sng 2.1 cpe:2.3:h:ibm:sng:2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ibm sng 2.2 cpe:2.3:h:ibm:sng:2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-1999-0128

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