CVE-1999-1016 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause denial of service via large HTML form fields in applications using the Microsoft HTML control, requiring user interaction.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-1999-1016?
CVE-1999-1016 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer, published on 12 Sep 2001. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
Microsoft HTML control as used in (1) Internet Explorer 5.0, (2) FrontPage Express, (3) Outlook Express 5, and (4) Eudora, and possibly others, allows remote malicious web site or HTML emails to cause a denial of service (100% CPU consumption) via large HTML form fields such as text inputs in a table cell.
Which versions are affected by CVE-1999-1016?
It affects 4 products.
Products include Microsoft Frontpage, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Outlook Express, Qualcomm Eudora.
How do I fix CVE-1999-1016?
No fix has been published for CVE-1999-1016 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-1999-1016 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-1999-1016 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.
Other vulnerabilities in Microsoft Internet Explorer
Sources
Also known as GHSA-33jr-59q9-j8vq.