CVE-1999-0744

Exp

Buffer overflow in Netscape Enterprise Server and FastTrask Server allows remote attackers to gain privileges via a long HTTP GET request.

Published: 2000-01-04 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-1999-0744 is rated High Exploit Risk (78/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 5.92%, 90th percentile). Core evidence: 3 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +1.37% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-1999-0744

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
263 exploit_db edb 2001-01-27 Exploit-DB ↗
19705 exploit_db edb 1999-12-31 Exploit-DB ↗
19783 exploit_db edb 1999-08-25 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-1999-0744

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 2026-02-09 4.55% 5.92% +1.37%
2 2025-03-17 4.53% 4.55% +0.02%
3 2024-02-08 4.53%

Full EPSS history (5 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-1999-0744

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-1999-0744

Affected software / configurations for CVE-1999-0744

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
netscape enterprise_server cpe:2.3:a:netscape:enterprise_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netscape fasttrack_server cpe:2.3:a:netscape:fasttrack_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-1999-0744

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