CVE-1999-1588

Exploitation

Assessed, none found. CISA's assessment recorded neither public exploit code nor evidence of exploitation when it was made.

SSVC decision

• ExploitationnoneCISA recorded no public exploit code and no evidence of exploitation.
• AutomatableyesAn attacker can reliably automate reconnaissance through exploitation, so this scales.
• Technical ImpacttotalSuccessful exploitation gives total control of the vulnerable component.

CISA publishes the decision points, not a final SSVC decision. The decision also depends on mission and well-being impact, which is a property of your deployment rather than of the vulnerability.

EPSS probability

9.85% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 95.1% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

9.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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.

Published

2006-04-21 10:00Z20 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-09-16 18:19Z1 YR AGO

Reserved

2006-04-21

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Critical (CVSS 9.8)

CNA CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses

• CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferClass

Data version

5.1

Document digest

964bda508240f0bf4f4731ceb1aac9c41d1613e6cb37d04c23bb6dbbfa429e60

• www.securityfocus.comhttp://www.securityfocus.com/data/vulnerabilities/exploits/nlps_server.cx_refsource_MISC
• www.securityfocus.com2319http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2319vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
• security-protocols.comhttp://security-protocols.com/sploits/unsorted_exploits/nlps_server.cx_refsource_MISC
• lsd-pl.nethttp://lsd-pl.net/files/get?SOLARIS/solx86_nlps_serverx_refsource_MISC