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CVE-1999-0128

63
FAUCET Score

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.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(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 Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

5.0MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
74.68%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
99.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-324 · Oct 21, 1996
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.7468 is in the 100th percentile among its peer group of 23,701 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/CVE-1999-0128