CVE-1999-1423ping in Solaris 2.3 through 2.6 allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) via a ping request to a multicast address through…
- 2.1LowCVSS base score
- 0.91%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 39% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
ping in Solaris 2.3 through 2.6 allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) via a ping request to a multicast address through the loopback interface, e.g. via ping -i.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list an Exploit-DB entry for it.
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Exploit-DB1 entry
- Solaris 2.5.1 - 'Ping' System Panic (Denial of Service) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 19161dos, solarispublished 15 Jun 1997Verified
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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 | Low2.1 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.91% · top 39% of all CVEs (13 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 2.1.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
References7
- 19970626 Solaris Ping bug (DoS) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 19970627 SUMMARY: Solaris Ping bug (DoS) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 00146 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUNx_transferred
- 209 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- ping-multicast-loopback-dos(7492) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 19971005 Solaris Ping Bug and other [bc] oddities (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 19970627 Solaris Ping bug(inetsvc) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_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-1999-1404 (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)
Badge for a README or a ticket
[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-1999-1423)Record last updated .