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Fencer Vulns
medium 5.0

CVE-1999-0431 json

Linux 2.2.3 and earlier allow a remote attacker to perform an IP fragmentation attack, causing a denial of service.

published 1999-03-01 27 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-1999-0431

cvss
5.0
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
6.6%
EPSS 6.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 93%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

Linux 2.2.3 and earlier allow a remote attacker to perform an IP fragmentation attack, causing a denial of service.

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-20566)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

6.64% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 93% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-20566 Linux Kernel 2.1.89/2.2.x - Zero-Length Fragment dos, 1997-12-08

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 5.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Classification

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Sources

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