CVE-1999-0705

Exp

Buffer overflow in INN inews program.

Published: 1999-09-01 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-1999-0705 is rated High Exploit Risk (76.6/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 6.63%, 90th 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-1999-0705

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
19480 exploit_db edb 1999-09-02 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-1999-0705

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 6.65% 6.63% -0.03%
2 2025-03-29 6.63% 6.65% +0.03%
3 2025-03-19 — 6.63% —

Full EPSS history (7 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-1999-0705

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-1999-0705

Affected software / configurations for CVE-1999-0705

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
isc inn — cpe:2.3:a:isc:inn:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat linux 6.0 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-1999-0705

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