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CVE-1999-0159 (GCVE-0-1999-0159)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 1999-09-29 04:00 – Updated: 2025-08-27 18:38
VLAI
Summary
Attackers can crash a Cisco IOS router or device, provided they can get to an interactive prompt (such as a login). This applies to some IOS 9.x, 10.x, and 11.x releases.
Severity
3.5 (Low)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-08-27 18:38 UTC
CWE
  • n/a
  • CWE-400 - Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
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References
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Forecast uses a logistic model when the trend is rising, or an exponential decay model when the trend is falling. Fitted via linearized least squares.

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