CVE-1999-1016

N/A Unknown
Published: August 27, 1999 Modified: April 16, 2026
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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.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/606
Source: cve@mitre.org
Exploit Vendor Advisory
http://marc.info/?l=ntbugtraq&m=93578772920970&w=2
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/606
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Exploit Vendor Advisory

4 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
7.7%
92th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Affected Vendors

microsoft qualcomm