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01 Record

CVE-1999-0128

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

UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector

02 Description

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

03 Exploitation and scoring

Exploitation
Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
SSVC decision
Not assessed by CISA
EPSS probability
74.50% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS percentile
Equal to or higher than the score of 99.4% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
NVD base score
The NVD has published no score for this record
NVD CVSS vector
No NVD score to derive
NVD analysis status
Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
Red Hat severity
No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

04 Metadata

Published
1999-09-29 04:00Z27 YR AGO
Last updated
2024-08-01 16:27Z2 YR AGO
Reserved
1999-06-07
Assigning CNA
mitre
Record state
PUBLISHED
Severity
Not rated by the issuing CNA
CNA CVSS vector
Not published by the issuing CNA
Weaknesses
No CWE assigned
Data version
5.1
Document digest
f346a67df9204a98ab96e6fc3bec75516e77f17636f54b99ff6c2e33daf7ffec

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
digitalosf_1Not specified—
ibmaixNot specified—
ibmsngNot specified—
linuxlinux_kernelNot specified—
scointernet_faststartNot specified—
scoopen_desktopNot specified—
scoopenserverNot specified—
scotcp_ipNot specified—
sunsunosNot specified—

06 References