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CVE-1999-0178

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 12.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 1997-01-01 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Buffer overflow in the win-c-sample program (win-c-sample.exe) in the WebSite web server 1.1e allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long query string.

Affected products

• Oreilly Website: 1.1e

References

• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/1997_1/0021.html
• http://www.osvdb.org/8
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2078
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/295
• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/1997_1/0021.html
• http://www.osvdb.org/8
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2078
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/295

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