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CVE-1999-0460

17
FAUCET Score

CVE-1999-0460 describes a buffer overflow vulnerability in the Linux autofs module, affecting Linux kernel versions 2.0, 2.1, and 2.2. This flaw allows local users to trigger a denial of service by supplying excessively long directory names. Rated with a low CVSS score of 2.1, it requires local access and has a low attack complexity, impacting only availability. While not actively exploited in the wild, a denial-of-service exploit is publicly available on ExploitDB, though it garners no community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.3.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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-19250 · Feb 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/312
Vendor Advisory