Vulnerability Report

CVE-1999-0808

Title: ISC dhcpd long-option buffer overflows (1.0/2.0) allow crash or code execution

Memory Corruption

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-1999-0808.

CWE Category NVD-CWE-noinfo

Published Date Dec 31, 1999

Modified Date Apr 16, 2026

Exploit Status Not Found

Score 7.5 CVSS v2.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

1.71%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-1999-0808: Multiple buffer overflows in ISC DHCP Distribution server (dhcpd) 1.0 and 2.0 allow a remote attacker to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary commands via long options.

Impacted Vendors

isc 1

Reference Links

ftp://ftp.isc.org/isc/dhcp/dhcp-1.0-history/dhcp-1.0.0-1.0pl1.diff.gz http://ciac.llnl.gov/ciac/bulletins/i-053.shtml http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=90221101925960&w=2 ftp://ftp.isc.org/isc/dhcp/dhcp-1.0-history/dhcp-1.0.0-1.0pl1.diff.gz http://ciac.llnl.gov/ciac/bulletins/i-053.shtml http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=90221101925960&w=2

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity HIGH

7.5

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-1999-0808 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

April 16, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

April 03, 2025 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

December 31, 1999 PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector N/A

Complexity N/A

Privileges N/A

Interaction NONE

CVSS Vector String


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

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.