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CVE-1999-1045pnserver in RealServer 5.0 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service by sending a short, malformed request.
- 7.8HighCVSS base score
- 2.1%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 18% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
pnserver in RealServer 5.0 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service by sending a short, malformed request.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 6 months later
· 6 months later
Published
- 22 years later
· 22 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.8 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.1% · top 18% of all CVEs (12 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.8.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
References6
- 19980115 [rootshell] Security Bulletin #7 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 19980115 pnserver exploit.. (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 6979 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 19980817 Re: Real Audio Server Version 5 bug? (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- http://service.real.com/help/faq/serv501.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- realserver-pnserver-remote-dos(7297) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-1999-1026 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-1999-1045)Record last updated .