CVE-1999-1412

MEDIUMEPSS 98th pctl

5.0

CVSS v2

Description

A possible interaction between Apple MacOS X release 1.0 and Apache HTTP server allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a flood of HTTP GET requests to CGI programs, which generates a large number of processes.

How to fix

No published remediation has been found for this vulnerability's affected products yet.

Mitigation guidance may be in the linked vendor advisories in the References section below.

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CVSS v2 Vector

No CVSS vector data available.

Exploit Intelligence

35.34%probability of exploitation in 30 days

98thpercentile

Very high risk: more likely to be exploited than 98% of all known CVEs.

References

Third-Party Advisory2

Common questions

How do I fix CVE-1999-1412?

No published fix for CVE-1999-1412 has been found yet. Check the linked vendor advisories for guidance as it becomes available.

Is CVE-1999-1412 being actively exploited?

Not that we know of. CVE-1999-1412 is not in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. Its EPSS score of 35.3% is the estimated probability that it will be exploited in the next 30 days. That is higher than 98% of all scored CVEs.

How severe is CVE-1999-1412?

CVE-1999-1412 has a CVSS v2 base score of 5.0, rated medium. CVSS rates the technical impact if the vulnerability is exploited, not how likely that is, so weigh it alongside the exploit-prediction score when you decide what to patch first.

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2026-04-16.