CVE-1999-1463 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 before Service Pack 3. Remote attackers can exploit this by sending malformed IP fragments, causing the TCP/IP stack to crash or bypass firewall rules. With a CVSS score of 5.0 (Medium), this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with no authentication, leading to a denial of service. There is no known active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this legacy vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 4.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_nt:*:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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