What is CVE-1999-0002?

CVE-1999-0002 is a vulnerability in Bsdi BSD OS, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. Published 1998-10-12.

Is CVE-1999-0002 known to be exploited?

11 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Buffer overflow in Bsdi BSD OS

CVE-1999-0002

Buffer overflow in NFS mountd gives root access to remote attackers, mostly in Linux systems.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

Published 1998-10-12 · last modified 2026-06-16.

CVSS v2 metric

CVSS v2 base score 10.0 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.279 (98.0th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 98th percentile — 98.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.279 · newest: 0.279 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Bsdi BSD OS — versions 1.1
Caldera Openlinux — versions 1.2
Red Hat Linux — versions 2.0, 2.1, 3.0.3

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/j-006.shtml (government-resource, third-party-advisory)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/121 (Exploit, Patch, vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-1999-0002?: CVE-1999-0002 is a vulnerability in Bsdi BSD OS, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. Published 1998-10-12.
Is CVE-1999-0002 known to be exploited?: 11 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.