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CVE-1999-1016

Published: Sep 12, 2001Updated: Apr 16, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVDNVD-CWE-Other
NVD MITRE
5.0CVSSMEDIUM
EPSS Score
7.7%
Top 6.2%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
1 Known
Remediation
Patch Available

Description

Microsoft HTML control as used in (1) Internet Explorer 5.0, (2) FrontPage Express, (3) Outlook Express 5, and (4) Eudora, and possibly others, allows remote malicious web site or HTML emails to cause a denial of service (100% CPU consumption) via large HTML form fields such as text inputs in a table cell.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LAu:NC:NI:NA:P
Exploitability
AV:NAccess Vector
Network
AC:LAccess Complexity
Low
Au:NAuthentication
None
Impact
C:NConfidentiality
None
I:NIntegrity
None
A:PAvailability
Partial
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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

Affected Products

frontpagemicrosoft
On-premWeb App
Web & CMS Plugins / cms-core
internet explorermicrosoft
On-premDesktop App
Consumer Software / browser
outlook expressmicrosoft
On-premDesktop App
Consumer Software / productivity
eudoraqualcommHardware Firmware
n/an/a
microsoftcommercialUSOperating Systems
qualcommcommercialUSHardware Firmwareaka qualcomm, inc., qualcomm inc, qualcomm incorporated

Exploitability

1 exploit source identified

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Official Patch Available

References

http://marc.info/?l=ntbugtraq&m=93578772920970&w=2
marc.info
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/606
securityfocus.com

Timeline

Published
Sep 12, 2001
Last Updated
Apr 16, 2026

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