CVE-1999-1222

MediumCVSS 5.0/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

Description

Netbt.sys in Windows NT 4.0 allows remote malicious DNS servers to cause a denial of service (crash) by returning 0.0.0.0 as the IP address for a DNS host name lookup.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 5.0/10AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q188/5/71.ASPPatch, Vendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/3893
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q188/5/71.ASPPatch, Vendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/3893

Timeline

Published: Dec 31, 1999
Last modified: Jun 16, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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