CVE-1999-0752

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Denial of service in Netscape Enterprise Server via a buffer overflow in the SSL handshake.

Published: 1999-07-06 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-1999-0752 is rated High Exploit Risk (66.1/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 4.52%, 90th percentile). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-1999-0752

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
19416 exploit_db edb 1999-07-06 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-1999-0752

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 5.00% 4.52% -0.48%
2 2026-02-28 3.75% 5.00% +1.25%
3 2025-03-30 3.75%

Full EPSS history (7 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-1999-0752

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-1999-0752

Affected software / configurations for CVE-1999-0752

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

References for CVE-1999-0752

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