CVE-1999-0876 describes a critical buffer overflow vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0, specifically exploitable via a crafted EMBED tag. This flaw carries a maximum CVSS score of 10.0, indicating a highly severe risk with no authentication required, low attack complexity, and complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its age and high severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code in common databases like Metasploit or ExploitDB, nor significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
3.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:ie:3.0:*:mac_os:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:ie:3.1:*:mac_os:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:ie:4.0:a:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.