CVE-1999-1566

Iparty vulnerability

CVSS

5.0

EPSS

5.3%

EPSS pct

92th

Exploited

No known

Buffer overflow in iParty server 1.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) by connecting to default port 6004 and sending repeated extended characters.

Affected vendor

Intel

Affected product

Iparty

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Published

1999-05-08

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to partial impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 5.3% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 92% of all scored CVEs.

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