Quick answers
- Is CVE-1999-1251 exploited in the wild?
- No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-1999-1251 being exploited in the wild.
- How severe is CVE-1999-1251?
- Low severity, with a CVSS score of 2.1, published 24 December 1996.
- Which products and versions are affected?
- Hp-Ux 10.10, 10.20.
- Is there a fix for CVE-1999-1251?
- No fixed version is recorded yet. Check the vendor's advisory in the references below. If you run it, Junglewise drafts a mitigation that fits your setup and applies it once you approve, with senior security engineers behind it.
- How is CVE-1999-1251 attacked?
- It is attacked with local access, in an operating system.
- Am I affected by CVE-1999-1251?
- Check whether you run Hp-Ux at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.
Technical details
A denial of service vulnerability exists in the direct audio user space code of HP-UX versions 10.10 and 10.20. The flaw allows a local attacker with system access to trigger a condition that crashes or hangs the audio subsystem. The attack vector is local, requiring the user to already have an account or access to the machine. Successful exploitation results in a loss of availability for audio services, though it does not appear to facilitate privilege escalation or data disclosure. HP released an advisory (HPSBUX9701-056) regarding this issue in 1996.
Affected products
- HP HP-UX 10.10, 10.20
Timeline
- 1996-12-24: disclosed: Initial publication of the vulnerability details.
- 1996-12-24: advisory: NVD published date.