What is CVE-1999-1387?

CVE-1999-1387 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.0 out of 10. CVE-1999-1387 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-1999-1387?

CVE-1999-1387 has a CVSS score of 5.0 out of 10, rated Medium severity. The vector string is AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P.

Is there a patch available for CVE-1999-1387?

No patch is currently available for CVE-1999-1387. Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for updates.

Is CVE-1999-1387 actively exploited?

CVE-1999-1387 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CVE-1999-1387

Medium

Windows NT 4.0 SP2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash), possibly via malformed inputs or packets, such as those generated by a Linux smbmount command that was compiled on the Linux 2.0.29 kernel but executed on Linux 2.0.25.

Package Linux Kernel

Published 1997-04-02

Last modified 2026-04-16

CVSS version 2.0

Patch available

Awaiting data

CVSS 2.0 score

5.0

out of 10

Medium

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

User Interaction

Scope

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

None

Availability

Vector string

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

References

The following references provide additional information about CVE-1999-1387 including vendor advisories, patch commits, exploit details, and third-party analysis. Links are sourced from the NIST NVD database.

Details

CVE ID CVE-1999-1387

Severity Medium

CVSS score 5.0 / 10

CVSS version 2.0

Published 1997-04-02

Modified 2026-04-16

KEV No

Patch Awaiting data

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-1999-1387?

CVE-1999-1387 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.0 out of 10 . CVE-1999-1387 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-1999-1387?

CVE-1999-1387 has a CVSS score of 5.0 out of 10, rated Medium severity (CVSS 2.0). The vector string is AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P.
Is there a patch available for CVE-1999-1387?

No patch is currently available for CVE-1999-1387. Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for updates.
Is CVE-1999-1387 actively exploited?

No — CVE-1999-1387 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.