{"id":"CVE-1999-0986","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-1999-0986","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T20:53:53.805Z","title":"The ping command in Linux 2.0.3x allows local users to cause a denial of service by sending large packets with the -R (record route) option.","description":"The ping command in Linux 2.0.3x allows local users to cause a denial of service by sending large packets with the -R (record route) option.","published":"1999-12-08T05:00:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-16T21:49:28.000Z","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":["debian/debian linux","linux/linux kernel","redhat/linux"],"epss":{"score":0.04256,"percentile":0.90996,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":1,"verified":true,"firstPublished":"1999-12-08","source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[{"edbId":19675,"kind":"exploit","title":"Linux Kernel 2.0.x (Debian 2.1 / RedHat 5.2) - Packet Length with Options","url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/19675","sourceUrl":"https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/linux/dos/19675.c","file":"exploits/linux/dos/19675.c","published":"1999-12-08","added":"1999-12-08","updated":"2012-07-08","author":"Andrea Arcangeli","type":"dos","platform":"linux","port":null,"verified":true,"codes":["CVE-1999-0986","OSVDB-1163"],"tags":null,"aliases":null,"applicationUrl":null,"screenshotUrl":null,"referenceUrl":"https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/870/info"}]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"A public exploit is published in Exploit-DB (verified), so the technical barrier is gone even though the severity is medium and EPSS is 4.3%. Treat it as high on anything reachable from the internet."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/870","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/870","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-1999-0986","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."}