CVE-1999-0128, also known as "Ping o' Death," is a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting various operating systems including Digital, IBM, Linux, SCO, and Sun. It involves sending oversized ICMP ping packets, which can crash or freeze the target system. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0 (MEDIUM), indicating a network-based attack with low complexity and potential for partial denial of service. While there is no evidence of active exploitation in the wild or Metasploit modules, an exploit is available on ExploitDB. The CVE has received no community discussion or media coverage, which is typical for older vulnerabilities.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
1.3.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:digital:osf_1:1.3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.3.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:1.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.