CVE-1999-0079 — Remote attackers can cause a denial of service in FTP by issuing multiple PASV commands, causing the server to run out of available ports

Remote attackers can cause a denial of service in FTP by issuing multiple PASV commands, causing the server to run out of available ports

Published Sep 29, 1999

No CVSS score

EPSS 2.23%

Remote attackers can cause a denial of service in FTP by issuing multiple PASV commands, causing the server to run out of available ports.

No remediation recorded yet.

2.23% 0.02226

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 3, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.02226

2022–2026

Table of values (12 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 3, 2026	2.23% (0.02226)	82.13th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	2.23% (0.02226)	80.36th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 30, 2025	0.68% (0.00676)	69.12th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Mar 29, 2025	2.90% (0.02903)	77.25th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Mar 17, 2025	0.68% (0.00676)	69.80th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.27% (0.00271)	68.75th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Feb 8, 2024	0.27% (0.00271)	66.95th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	1.18% (0.01179)	82.83th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	1.14% (0.01136)	59.45th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Aug 17, 2022	1.14% (0.01136)	57.74th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	1.05% (0.01055)	48.43th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	1.05% (0.01055)	27.52th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (0)

No CWE recorded.

Link	Providers	Tags
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/CVE-1999-0079		x_refsource_MISC

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Sep 29, 1999

Updated Aug 1, 2024

Reserved Jun 7, 1999

Updated n/a

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Severity n/a

Public date n/a