CVE-1999-0128
Oversized ICMP ping packets can result in a denial of service, aka Ping o' Death.
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 74.5%, higher than 99% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
Oversized ICMP ping packets can result in a denial of service, aka Ping o' Death.
- CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- EPSS
- 74.51% probability · 99th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 21 October 1996
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- digital/osf 1 · ibm/aix · linux/linux kernel · sco/internet faststart · sco/open desktop · sco/openserver · sco/tcp ip · sun/sunos · ibm/sng
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 74.5% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
Public exploits (1)
Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.
References
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.