Buffer overflow in Netscape Enterprise Server and FastTrask Server allows remote attackers to gain privileges via a long HTTP GET request.

published 2000-01-04 26 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-1999-0725

cvss: 7.5; version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 2.5%; EPSS 2.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 84%
public exploits: 3; Exploit-DB

Timeline

1999-08-25 First public exploit (EDB-19783)
2000-01-04 Published

Exploit prediction

2.50% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 84% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

EDB-19783 Netscape Enterprise Server 3.6 SP2/FastTrack Server 2.0.1 - GET dos, 1999-08-25
EDB-19705 Netscape FastTrack Server 2.0.1a - GET Buffer Overflow remote, 1999-12-31
EDB-263 Netscape Enterprise Server 4.0/sparc/SunOS 5.7 - Remote Command Execution remote, 2001-01-27

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	2.0	7.5	AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

References

securityfocus.com /bid/603
vdb-entry

Sources

CVE List CVE-1999-0744
NVD CVE-1999-0744

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Summary