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CVE-1999-1361

Windows NT 3.51 and 4.0 running WINS (Windows Internet Name Service) allows remote attackers to...

6.4 Medium

Windows NT 3.51 and 4.0 running WINS (Windows Internet Name Service) allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource exhaustion) via a flood of malformed packets, which causes the server to slow down and fill the event logs with error messages.

Exploit likelihood

8.60%Up 1.6 points since Feb 4, 2022
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 6.4

Windows NT 3.51 and 4.0 running WINS (Windows Internet Name Service) allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource exhaustion) via a flood of malformed packets, which causes the server to slow down and fill the event logs with error messages.

Record
CVE-1999-1361
CVSS 2.0
6.4 MediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

Windows NT 3.51 and 4.0 running WINS (Windows Internet Name Service) allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource exhaustion) via a flood of malformed packets, which causes the server to slow down and fill the event logs with error messages.

Record
CVE-1999-1361
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-1999-1342 No score

Windows NT 3.51 and 4.0 running WINS (Windows Internet Name Service) allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource exhaustion) via a flood of malformed packets, which causes the server to slow down and fill the event logs with error messages.

Record
EUVD-1999-1342
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-c2fw-w2fc-pj95 No score

Windows NT 3.51 and 4.0 running WINS (Windows Internet Name Service) allows remote attackers to...

Windows NT 3.51 and 4.0 running WINS (Windows Internet Name Service) allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource exhaustion) via a flood of malformed packets, which causes the server to slow down and fill the event logs with error messages.

Record
GHSA-c2fw-w2fc-pj95
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
aliasesEUVD
first indexedCVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD

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In short

CVE-1999-1361 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.4) in Microsoft Windows Nt, published May 9, 1998. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 8.60%, the 95th percentile. No source names a fixed version.

References

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