CVE-1999-0798

High

Published: 04/12/1998(UTC)Updated: 16/06/2026(UTC)Translated: 17/06/2026(UTC)NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Elevated risk

1.64%

73th percentile - higher than 73% of all known CVEs

Buffer overflow in bootpd on OpenBSD, FreeBSD, and Linux systems due to a malformed header type.

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

It is recommended to update systems to the latest versions that mitigate this vulnerability.

Original NVD description (English source)

Buffer overflow in bootpd on OpenBSD, FreeBSD, and Linux systems via a malformed header type.