Unscored severity · published Aug 27, 1999
CVE-1999-1016
Microsoft HTML control as used in (1) Internet Explorer 5.0, (2) FrontPage Express, (3) Outlook Express 5, and (4) Eudora, and possibly others, allows remote malicious web site or…
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CVSS
7.7%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Microsoft HTML control as used in (1) Internet Explorer 5.0, (2) FrontPage Express, (3) Outlook Express 5, and (4) Eudora, and possibly others, allows remote malicious web site or HTML emails to cause a denial of service (100% CPU consumption) via large HTML form fields such as text inputs in a table cell.
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)7.7% · higher than 95% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
EU
Eudora · Qualcomm
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
FR
Frontpage · Microsoft
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
IE
Internet Explorer · Microsoft
5.0 · source: NVD
OE
Outlook Express · Microsoft
5.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-1999-1016
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-1999-1016
marc.info
http://marc.info/?l=ntbugtraq&m=93578772920970&w=2
Exploit
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/606
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