Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Jul 6, 1999· Updated Jun 16, 2026

CVE-1999-1478

Description

The Sun HotSpot Performance Engine VM allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service on any server running HotSpot via a URL that includes the [ character.

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Affected products

Microsoft/Internet Information Server2 versions
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_information_server:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_information_server:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_information_server:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Sun Corporation/HotSpot Performance Engine VMllm-fuzzy

Patches

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References

marc.infonvd
marc.infonvd
www.securityfocus.com/bid/522nvd
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/2348nvd

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