CVE-1999-1222

Windows NT 4.0 - Denial of Service via Malicious DNS Response

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

Netbt.sys in Windows NT 4.0 allows remote malicious DNS servers to cause a denial of service (crash) by returning 0.0.0.0 as the IP address for a DNS host name lookup.

References (2)

Core 2
Core References
Patch, Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_mskb
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q188/5/71.ASP
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/3893

Scores

EPSS 0.0502
EPSS Percentile 91.4%

Details

Status published
Products (1)
microsoft/windows_nt 4.0 (2 CPE variants)
Published Dec 31, 1999
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026