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Fencer Vulns
medium 5.0

CVE-1999-1030 json

counter.exe 2.70 allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service (hang) via an HTTP request that ends in %0A (newline), which causes…

published 1999-05-19 27 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-1999-1011

cvss
5.0
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
7.1%
EPSS 7.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 94%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

counter.exe 2.70 allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service (hang) via an HTTP request that ends in %0A (newline), which causes a malformed entry in the counter log that produces an access violation.

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-19212)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

7.14% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 94% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-19212 Behold! Software Web Page Counter 2.7 - Denial of Service dos, 1999-05-19
  • securityfocus.com http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/267 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

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

References

Sources

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