CVE-1999-0178

High CVSS 7.5

Published 1997-01-01 · last changed 2026-06-16

The fix

We hold no Microsoft remediation data for CVE-1999-0178, 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

Buffer overflow in the win-c-sample program (win-c-sample.exe) in the WebSite web server 1.1e allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long query string.

Sources

NVD record for CVE-1999-0178

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