CVE-1999-0749

Microsoft Windows 95/98 Internet Explorer 5/Telnet - Local Heap Overflow

Severity Score

2.6

*CVSS v2

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

Buffer overflow in Microsoft Telnet client in Windows 95 and Windows 98 via a malformed Telnet argument.

*Credits: N/A

CVSS Scores

NISTv2 2.6

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

High

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

Partial

Availability

None

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

1999-08-16 CVE Published
1999-08-16 First Exploit
1999-11-25 CVE Reserved
2024-02-08 EPSS Updated
2024-08-01 CVE Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CAPEC

References (3)

URL	Tag	Source
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/586	Vdb Entry

URL	Date	SRC
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/19462	1999-08-16

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/1999/ms99-033	2018-10-12

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft"		Windows 95 Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows 95"				*		-		Affected
Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft"		Windows 98 Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows 98"				*		gold		Affected