CVE-1999-1417

High CVSS 7.5

Published 1998-08-23 · last changed 2026-06-16

The fix

We hold no Microsoft remediation data for CVE-1999-1417, 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

Format string vulnerability in AnswerBook2 (AB2) web server dwhttpd 3.1a4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary commands via encoded % characters in an HTTP request, which is improperly logged.

Sources

NVD record for CVE-1999-1417

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