CVE-1999-0288

Medium CVSS 5

Published 1998-08-01 · last changed 2026-06-16

The fix

We hold no Microsoft remediation data for CVE-1999-0288, 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

The WINS server in Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 before SP4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (process termination) via invalid UDP frames to port 137 (NETBIOS Name Service), as demonstrated via a flood of random packets.

Sources

NVD record for CVE-1999-0288

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