CVE-1999-1016: microsoft internet_explorer
Vulnerability summary
CVE-1999-1016 is a medium (CVSS 5.0) vulnerability in microsoft internet_explorer. EPSS estimates a 7.70% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 94.5% of scored vulnerabilities. 2 public exploits are recorded.
Timeline
- 12-09-2001PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 01-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
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.
CVSS metrics
1 score · 1 source · 1 versionEPSS trend
Probability
7.70%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
95%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
0.00 pp
From 7.70% on 20-09-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
2 foundExploit Reference (securityfocus.com)
Maturity: unknown
Microsoft Internet Explorer 5 - HTML Form Control Denial of Service
Maturity: poc
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeNo weakness data has been published for this record.
Affected systems
Microsoft2 products
1 vendor · 2 products