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Case File

CVE-1999-1016

MEDIUM · CVSS 5 EPSS 7.70%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 1999-08-27 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a medium severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.0. It affects Microsoft. It may be remotely exploitable. It may lead to a denial-of-service condition.

CVE
CVE-1999-1016
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
5
EPSS
7.70%
Microsoft

Original NVD 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.