CVE-1999-1544 Memory corruption in n/a
A buffer overflow in the Microsoft IIS FTP server allows attackers to cause a denial of service via a long NLST command.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-1999-1544?
CVE-1999-1544 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Information Server, published on 12 Sep 2001. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Buffer overflow in FTP server in Microsoft IIS 3.0 and 4.0 allows local and sometimes remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a long NLST (ls) command.
Which versions are affected by CVE-1999-1544?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Microsoft Internet Information Server.
How do I fix CVE-1999-1544?
No fix has been published for CVE-1999-1544 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.
Is CVE-1999-1544 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-1999-1544 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Microsoft Internet Information Server
- CVE-2008-0075 Code injection in n/a
- CVE-1999-1376 Buffer overflow in fpcount.exe in IIS 4.0 with FrontPage Server Extensions allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands.
- CVE-1999-0407 By default, IIS 4.0 has a virtual directory /IISADMPWD which contains files that can be used as proxies for brute force password attacks, or
- CVE-1999-0874 Memory corruption in n/a
- CVE-2009-3023 Memory corruption in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-24h2-xwhf-fr8m.