CVE-1999-1581

Description

Memory leak in Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) agent (snmp.exe) for Windows NT 4.0 before Service Pack 4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a large number of SNMP packets with Object Identifiers (OIDs) that cannot be decoded.

5.0

CVSS

Severity: Medium

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 16.51% Top 10%

Vendor Advisory microsoft.com

Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/q178381/	vendor advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/8231	vdb entry
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/4923	third party advisory us government resource

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-1999-1581?: CVE-1999-1581 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-1999-1581?: To fix CVE-1999-1581, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-1999-1581 being actively exploited in the wild?: It is possible that CVE-1999-1581 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~17% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.

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