CVE-1999-0116
Denial of service when an attacker sends many SYN packets to create multiple connections without...
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.
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
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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.
- Record
CVE-1999-0116- CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P - Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
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.
- Record
CVE-1999-0116- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-1999-0116 No score
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.
- Record
EUVD-1999-0116- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-j56q-jrrm-mwmf No score
Denial of service when an attacker sends many SYN packets to create multiple connections without...
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.
- Record
GHSA-j56q-jrrm-mwmf- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Public exploits
Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.
| Source | Link | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Exploit-DB | TCP SYN - 'bang.c' Denial of Service | 2002-09-17 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, Exploit-DB, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-1999-0116 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.0) in Ibm Aix, published September 19, 1996. Public exploit code exists. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 5.62%, the 92nd percentile. No source names a fixed version.