CVE-1999-1223

Medium CVSS 5

Published 1999-12-31 · last changed 2026-06-16

The fix

We hold no Microsoft remediation data for CVE-1999-1223, 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

IIS 3.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a request to an ASP page in which the URL contains a large number of / (forward slash) characters.

Sources

NVD record for CVE-1999-1223

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