CVE-1999-0358

Digital Unix 4.0 has a buffer overflow in the inc program of the mh package.

Published: 1999-02-01 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-1999-0358 is rated Low Risk (39.7/100): CVSS High severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.39%). Mandatory action: Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-1999-0358

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 0.04% 0.39% +0.34%
2 2024-02-08 0.06% 0.04% -0.01%
3 2023-03-07 0.06%

Full EPSS history (4 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-1999-0358

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.2 2.0 HIGH
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C Click to expand
Access vector (AV:L)
Requires local access to the target system.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
3.9 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-1999-0358

OS Trackers for CVE-1999-0358

vendor priority summary link
alpine CVE-1999-0358: no source package rows; 0 state rows across 0 repos (none); fixed 0, open 0. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-1999-0358

Affected software / configurations for CVE-1999-0358

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
digital unix 4.0 cpe:2.3:o:digital:unix:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
digital unix 4.0a cpe:2.3:o:digital:unix:4.0a:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
digital unix 4.0b cpe:2.3:o:digital:unix:4.0b:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
digital unix 4.0c cpe:2.3:o:digital:unix:4.0c:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
digital unix 4.0d cpe:2.3:o:digital:unix:4.0d:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
digital unix 4.0e cpe:2.3:o:digital:unix:4.0e:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-1999-0358

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