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CVE-1999-1237

• Severity: critical (CVSS 10.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 8.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 1999-06-06 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-120

Description

Multiple buffer overflows in smbvalid/smbval SMB authentication library, as used in Apache::AuthenSmb and possibly other modules, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via (1) a long username, (2) a long password, and (3) other unspecified methods.

Affected products

• Apache HTTP Server: all versions

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/14384
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/2272
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/14384
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/2272

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