Vulnerability Name:

CVE-1999-1016 (CCN-3246)

Assigned:1999-08-27
Published:1999-08-27
Updated:2021-07-22
Summary: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 v3 Severity:5.3 Medium (CCN CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)
Exploitability Metrics:Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope:Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availibility (A): Low
CVSS v2 Severity:5.0 Medium (CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availibility (A): Partial
5.0 Medium (CCN CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): Low
Athentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availibility (A): Partial
Vulnerability Type:CWE-Other
Vulnerability Consequences:Denial of Service
References:Source: MITRE
Type: CNA
CVE-1999-1016

Source: NTBUGTRAQ
Type: UNKNOWN
19990827 HTML code to crash IE5 and Outlook Express 5

Source: CCN
Type: NTBugTraq Mailing List, Fri, 27 Aug 1999 19:08:21 +0100
HTML code to crash IE5 and Outlook Express 5

Source: CCN
Type: OSVDB ID: 8210
Microsoft HTML Control Large Form Field DoS

Source: BID
Type: Exploit, Vendor Advisory
606

Source: CCN
Type: BID-606
Microsoft HTML Form Control DoS Vulnerability

Source: XF
Type: UNKNOWN
ms-html-table-form-dos(3246)

Vulnerable Configuration:Configuration 1:
  • cpe:/a:microsoft:outlook_express:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/a:qualcomm:eudora:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/a:microsoft:frontpage:*:*:express:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/a:microsoft:internet_explorer:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

  • Configuration CCN 1:
  • cpe:/a:microsoft:internet_explorer:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/a:microsoft:outlook_express:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

  • * Denotes that component is vulnerable
    BACK
    microsoft outlook express 5.0
    qualcomm eudora *
    microsoft frontpage *
    microsoft internet explorer 5.0
    microsoft ie 4.0
    microsoft outlook express 5.0