CVE-1999-1478

CVSS 2.0 Score 5 of 10 (medium)

Details

Published Jul 6, 1999

Updated: Nov 20, 2024

Summary

CVE-1999-1478 is a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting the Sun HotSpot Performance Engine VM. Maliciously crafted URLs containing the [ character can trigger the issue, leading to a server crash or resource exhaustion. This vulnerability can result in unavailability of services hosted on the affected server. It is essential for system administrators to patch affected systems to mitigate this risk.

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Microsoft IIS

Affected Vendors

Microsoft

Advisories, Assessments, and Mitigations

https://app.recordedfuture.com/live/sc/entity/NWlTGk
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-1999-1478
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-1999-1478

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