CVE-1999-0874

Published: Jun 16, 1999Modified: Apr 16, 2026

10.0

Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Exploitability: 10.0 / Impact: 10.0

Source: NVD

Description

Buffer overflow in IIS 4.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a malformed request for files with .HTR, .IDC, or .STM extensions.

Affected (4)

Products: Microsoft: Internet Information Server, Windows 2000, Windows Nt

Microsoft

3 products

Internet Information Server

Windows 2000

Windows Nt

Configuration A

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Microsoft Internet Information Server	Version 4.0

Configuration B

3 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Microsoft Windows 2000	All versions
Microsoft Windows Nt	All versions
Microsoft Windows Nt	Version 4.0

Related CWEs

CWE-119

Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.

References (10)

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb%3B%5BLN%5D%3BQ234905

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/j-048.shtml

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.eeye.com/html/Research/Advisories/AD06081999.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/1999/ms99-019

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A915

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb%3B%5BLN%5D%3BQ234905