CVE-1999-0178

Exp

Buffer overflow in the win-c-sample program (win-c-sample.exe) in the WebSite web server 1.1e allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long query string.

Published: 1997-01-01 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-1999-0178 is rated High Exploit Risk (76.7/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 6.96%, 91th 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-1999-0178

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
20484 exploit_db edb 1997-01-06 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-1999-0178

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 2025-10-15 7.10% 6.96% -0.14%
2 2025-03-30 7.71% 7.10% -0.61%
3 2025-03-29 — 7.71% —

Full EPSS history (7 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-1999-0178

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-1999-0178

OS Trackers for CVE-1999-0178

vendor priority summary link
alpine — CVE-1999-0178: no source package rows; 0 state rows across 0 repos (none); fixed 0, open 0. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-1999-0178

Affected software / configurations for CVE-1999-0178

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
oreilly oreilly_website 1.1e cpe:2.3:a:oreilly:oreilly_website:1.1e:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-1999-0178

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