CVE-1999-0802

Severity Score

7.6

*CVSS v2

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

Buffer overflow in Internet Explorer 5 allows remote attackers to execute commands via a malformed Favorites icon.

*Credits: N/A

CVSS Scores

NISTv2 7.6

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

High

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Complete

Integrity

Complete

Availability

Complete

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

1999-05-27 CVE Published
1999-11-25 CVE Reserved
2024-02-08 EPSS Updated
2024-08-01 CVE Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-119: Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

CAPEC

References (2)

URL	Tag	Source

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb%3B%5BLN%5D%3BQ231450	2023-11-07
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/1999/ms99-018	2023-11-07

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft"		Internet Explorer Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Internet Explorer"				5.0 Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Internet Explorer" and version "5.0"		-		Affected