CVE-1999-0116

Medium CVSS 5

Published 1996-09-19 · last changed 2026-06-16

The fix

We hold no Microsoft remediation data for CVE-1999-0116, which normally means it is not a Windows CVE. For non-Microsoft software the fix is the vendor's own updated release, and the affected versions are listed below.

What it is

Denial of service when an attacker sends many SYN packets to create multiple connections without ever sending an ACK to complete the connection, aka SYN flood.

Sources

NVD record for CVE-1999-0116

CVSS vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P