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CVE-1999-0288

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 21.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 1999-09-29 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

The WINS server in Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 before SP4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (process termination) via invalid UDP frames to port 137 (NETBIOS Name Service), as demonstrated via a flood of random packets.

Affected products

• Microsoft Windows Nt: 4.0, 4.0-sp1, 4.0-sp2, 4.0-sp3

References

• http://safenetworks.com/Windows/wins.html
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/1233
• http://safenetworks.com/Windows/wins.html
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/1233

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