CVE-1999-0128

Digital Osf 1 - Denial of Service

Title source: rule
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-1999-0128.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This exploit leverages the 'Ping of Death' vulnerability by sending an oversized ICMP packet (65510 bytes) to crash or destabilize the target system. The attack exploits improper handling of packet fragmentation in older network stacks.

Description

Oversized ICMP ping packets can result in a denial of service, aka Ping o' Death.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC
doswindows
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/324

This exploit leverages the 'Ping of Death' vulnerability by sending an oversized ICMP packet (65510 bytes) to crash or destabilize the target system. The attack exploits improper handling of packet fragmentation in older network stacks.

Classification
Working Poc 90%
Attack Type
Dos
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Reliable
Target: Various older operating systems (e.g., Windows 95, early Unix systems)
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Network connectivity to the target · ICMP packets not filtered
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 19, 2026 Full analysis →

References (1)

Core 1
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry x_refsource_misc
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/CVE-1999-0128

Scores

EPSS 0.7410
EPSS Percentile 99.4%

Details

Status published
Products (18)
digital/osf_1 1.3.3
ibm/aix 3.2
ibm/aix 4.1
ibm/aix 4.2
ibm/sng
ibm/sng 2.1
ibm/sng 2.2
linux/linux_kernel 1.3.0
linux/linux_kernel 2.0
sco/internet_faststart 1.0
... and 8 more
Published Dec 18, 1996
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026