VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-1999-0116

CVSS score5 MEDIUM
EPSS probability5.62%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published1996-09-19
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Description

Denial of service when an attacker sends many SYN packets to create multiple connections without ever sending an ACK to complete the connection, aka SYN flood.

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