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Fencer Vulns
medium 6.2

CVE-1999-0700 json

Buffer overflow in Microsoft Phone Dialer (dialer.exe), via a malformed dialer entry in the dialer.ini file.

published 1999-07-29 27 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-1999-0682

cvss
6.2
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
2.9%
EPSS 2.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 86%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

Buffer overflow in Microsoft Phone Dialer (dialer.exe), via a malformed dialer entry in the dialer.ini file.

Timeline

  1. Published
  2. First public exploit (EDB-19440)

Exploit prediction

2.89% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 86% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-19440 Microsoft Windows NT 4.0/SP 1/SP 2/Sp 3/SP 4/SP 5 - Malformed Dialer Entry local, 1999-07-30

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 6.2 AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

Sources

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