CVE-1999-0798

CVE-1999-0798 is a none vulnerability published on December 4, 1998. Buffer overflow in bootpd on OpenBSD, FreeBSD, and Linux systems via a malformed header type.

CVE-1999-0798 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on December 4, 1998, with the most recent update on April 16, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.

CVE-1999-0798 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 66.8% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.

Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-1999-0798, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.