CVE-1999-0968

Exp

Buffer overflow in BNC IRC proxy allows remote attackers to gain privileges.

Published: 1998-12-26 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-1999-0968 is rated High Exploit Risk (70.2/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 3.19%). 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). 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-1999-0968

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
20395 exploit_db edb 1998-12-26 Exploit-DB ↗
20394 exploit_db edb 1998-12-26 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-1999-0968

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 8.39% 3.19% -5.20%
2 2026-02-14 5.23% 8.39% +3.16%
3 2025-03-30 — 5.23% —

Full EPSS history (7 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-1999-0968

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-1999-0968

Affected software / configurations for CVE-1999-0968

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
james_seter bnc_irc <= 2.2.4 cpe:2.3:a:james_seter:bnc_irc:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-1999-0968

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