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CVE-1999-0128

Status: ModifiedMedium (5)—

Oversized ICMP ping packets can result in a denial of service, aka Ping o' Death.

CVSS

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).

Affected technologies (9)

Digital — OSF 1IBM — AIXIBM — SNGLinux — Linux KernelSCO — Internet FaststartSCO — Open DesktopSCO — OpenserverSCO — TCP IPSUN — Sunos

CWEs

References

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