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Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Aug 1, 1998· Updated Apr 16, 2026

CVE-1999-0288

CVE-1999-0288

Description

The WINS server in Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 before SP4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (process termination) via invalid UDP frames to port 137 (NETBIOS Name Service), as demonstrated via a flood of random packets.

Affected products

4
  • Microsoft/Windows Nt4 versions
    cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_nt:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 3 more
    • cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_nt:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_nt:4.0:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_nt:4.0:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_nt:4.0:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*

Patches

0

No patches discovered yet.

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References

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