CVE Catalog

CVE-1999-0299

High
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Elevated risk
1.31%

67th percentile - higher than 67% of all known CVEs

Summary

Buffer overflow in FreeBSD lpd due to long DNS hostnames.

Risk Assessment

An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute malicious code, potentially gaining control over the system.

Recommendation

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

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

Buffer overflow in FreeBSD lpd through long DNS hostnames.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS