{"id":"CVE-1999-0128","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-1999-0128","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T18:44:08.967Z","title":"Oversized ICMP ping packets can result in a denial of service, aka Ping o' Death.","description":"Oversized ICMP ping packets can result in a denial of service, aka Ping o' Death.","published":"1996-12-18T05:00:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-16T21:47:39.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"2.0","score":5,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P"},"cwe":[],"affected":["digital/osf 1","ibm/aix","linux/linux kernel","sco/internet faststart","sco/open desktop","sco/openserver","sco/tcp ip","sun/sunos","ibm/sng"],"epss":{"score":0.74506,"percentile":0.99492,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":1,"verified":true,"firstPublished":"1996-10-21","source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[{"edbId":324,"kind":"exploit","title":"Ping of Death - Remote Denial of Service","url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/324","sourceUrl":"https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/windows/dos/324.txt","file":"exploits/windows/dos/324.txt","published":"1996-10-21","added":"1996-10-20","updated":"2017-10-23","author":"anonymous","type":"dos","platform":"windows","port":null,"verified":true,"codes":["OSVDB-1348","CVE-2000-0418","CVE-1999-0128"],"tags":null,"aliases":null,"applicationUrl":null,"screenshotUrl":null,"referenceUrl":null}]},"verdict":{"level":"urgent","text":"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."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/CVE-1999-0128","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/CVE-1999-0128","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-1999-0128","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}