CVE-1999-0107

Medium

Published: 30/12/1997(UTC)Updated: 16/06/2026(UTC)Translated: 18/06/2026(UTC)NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Very high risk

19.94%

97th percentile - higher than 97% of all known CVEs

Summary

Buffer overflow in Apache 1.2.5 and earlier allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service with a large number of GET requests containing a large number of / characters.

Risk Assessment

An attacker can disrupt server access, leading to service outages for users.

Recommendation

It is recommended to upgrade to a newer version of Apache to mitigate this vulnerability and to monitor server logs for potential attacks.

Original NVD description (English source)

Buffer overflow in Apache 1.2.5 and earlier allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service with a large number of GET requests containing a large number of / characters.