CVE-1999-1016 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in the Microsoft HTML control, affecting Internet Explorer 5.0, FrontPage Express, Outlook Express 5, and Eudora. A remote attacker could exploit this by crafting malicious web pages or HTML emails containing large HTML form fields, leading to 100% CPU utilization on the victim's system. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0 (Medium), indicating a network-based attack with low complexity and partial availability impact. While there is an ExploitDB entry for this issue, it is not listed in the KEV catalog, has no Metasploit or Nuclei modules, and shows no evidence of active exploitation or significant community discussion.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:frontpage:*:*:express:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:outlook_express:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:qualcomm:eudora:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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