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CVE-1999-0996

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 7.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 1999-12-15 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Buffer overflow in Infoseek Ultraseek search engine allows remote attackers to execute commands via a long GET request.

Affected products

• Infoseek Ultraseek Server: 3.1

References

• http://www.eeye.com/html/Research/Advisories/AD19991215.html
• http://www.osvdb.org/6490
• http://www.eeye.com/html/Research/Advisories/AD19991215.html
• http://www.osvdb.org/6490

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