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CVE-1999-0853

• Severity: critical (CVSS 10.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 3.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 1999-12-01 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Buffer overflow in Netscape Enterprise Server and Netscape FastTrack Server allows remote attackers to gain privileges via the HTTP Basic Authentication procedure.

Affected products

• Netscape Enterprise Server: 3.5.1, 3.6, 3.6-sp2
• Netscape Fasttrack Server: 3.01

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/847
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/847

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