{"id":"CVE-1999-0774","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-1999-0774","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T18:33:51.713Z","title":"Buffer overflows in Mars NetWare Emulation (NWE, mars_nwe) package via long directory names.","description":"Buffer overflows in Mars NetWare Emulation (NWE, mars_nwe) package via long directory names.","published":"1999-08-31T04:00:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-16T21:49:02.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"2.0","score":7.2,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C"},"cwe":[],"affected":["martin stover/mars nwe"],"epss":{"score":0.00779,"percentile":0.5563,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":1,"verified":true,"firstPublished":"1999-08-31","source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[{"edbId":19485,"kind":"exploit","title":"Martin Stover Mars NWE 0.99 - Local Buffer Overflow","url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/19485","sourceUrl":"https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/linux/local/19485.c","file":"exploits/linux/local/19485.c","published":"1999-08-31","added":"1999-08-31","updated":"2012-06-30","author":"Przemyslaw Frasunek","type":"local","platform":"linux","port":null,"verified":true,"codes":["CVE-1999-0774","OSVDB-6543"],"tags":null,"aliases":null,"applicationUrl":null,"screenshotUrl":null,"referenceUrl":"https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/617/info"}]},"verdict":{"level":"urgent","text":"A public exploit is published in Exploit-DB (verified) and the impact is high, while EPSS rates exploitation at 0.8%. Anyone can run this; patch or mitigate before the next change window and check exposed instances for signs of use."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/617","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/617","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-1999-0774","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."}