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CVE-1999-0804

26
FAUCET Score

CVE-1999-0804 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in Linux 2.2.x kernels, affecting distributions like Debian, RedHat, and SuSE. This flaw can be triggered remotely by sending specially crafted ICMP packets with unusual types, codes, and IP header lengths. Rated with a CVSS score of 5.0 (Medium), it is easily exploitable over the network with low complexity, leading to a partial loss of availability. While not on the KEV catalog and showing no active exploitation or community discussion, an ExploitDB entry exists, indicating proof-of-concept code for this old vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.2.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:6.0:*:i386:*:*:*:*:*
6.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
5.64%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
92.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-19241 · Jun 1, 1999
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0564 is in the 89th percentile among its peer group of 23,701 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-1999-0804

security flaw

Jun 3, 1999

References

securityfocus.com / bid/302