CVE-1999-0265

ICMP redirect messages may crash or lock up a host.

Published: 1997-01-01 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-1999-0265 is rated Moderate Risk (42/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.09%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-1999-0265

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 0.51% 1.09% +0.58%
2 2025-07-19 0.24% 0.51% +0.27%
3 2025-03-30 — 0.24% —

Full EPSS history (8 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-1999-0265

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-1999-0265

OS Trackers for CVE-1999-0265

vendor priority summary link
alpine — CVE-1999-0265: no source package rows; 0 state rows across 0 repos (none); fixed 0, open 0. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-1999-0265

Affected software / configurations for CVE-1999-0265

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
microware os-9 — cpe:2.3:o:microware:os-9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
novell netware 3.12 cpe:2.3:o:novell:netware:3.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-1999-0265

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