CVE-1999-0053

Medium

Published: 13/10/1998(UTC)Updated: 16/06/2026(UTC)Translated: 18/06/2026(UTC)NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Elevated risk

1.74%

75th percentile - higher than 75% of all known CVEs

Summary

CVE-1999-0053 is a denial of service (DoS) vulnerability in FreeBSD that exploits TCP RST packets. An attacker can remotely initiate a connection reset, leading to service disruption.

Risk Assessment

Organizations using FreeBSD may experience service outages, potentially resulting in data loss or reduced system performance.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update FreeBSD to the latest version to mitigate the risks associated with this vulnerability.

Original NVD description (English source)

TCP RST denial of service in FreeBSD.