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CVE-1999-0451

17
FAUCET Score

CVE-1999-0451 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in Linux kernel version 2.0.36, allowing local users to prevent any server from listening on non-privileged ports. This low-severity vulnerability has a CVSS score of 2.1, indicating a local attack vector with low complexity and a partial impact on availability. While there is an ExploitDB entry (EDB-19271) detailing a TCP port denial of service, there is no evidence of active exploitation, Metasploit or Nuclei modules, or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.2.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

2.1LOW

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

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.73%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
50.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-19271 · Jan 19, 1999
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0073 is in the 85th percentile among its peer group of 2,096 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, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.6 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

securityfocus.com / bid/343
Vendor Advisory